01686nam a2200193Ia 4500 240911s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9788173201684 hbk eng 934 BAR Mohammad Nazrul Bari Material life of Northern India, c. 600 BCE - 300 BCE : an archaeo-literary evidences 1st edition Agam Kala 2017 Delhi xi, 226 p. ill. 23 cm. Bib and Ref The present monograph is a result of the comprehensive and scientific study of the Material Life of Northern India between C. 600 BC to 300 BC. For the better understanding of the contents, the author has presented a synthetic study of the twin sources viz. archaeological and literary sources within the limitations and scope of the given topic and available data. This period also marks the process of political fusion culminating in the first ever great empire of ancient India. Interestingly the material background of this period led to the origin of a number of sects and second urbanization. The book is also helpful to understand the state formation and social proliferation. The authors divides his data into deductions of food habits, construction of house, agricultural activities vis-a vis crops cultivated with the idea of seasonal variations and the irrigational resources exploited, the knowledge of varied technology applied in the making of objects of daily use in metals such as gold, silver and copper, objects of stone, bone, ivory and clay by the people of that remote past make the book worth reading. Indic literature History and criticism ENGLISH 557813 557813 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL 7B 2024-09-11 1100.00 0 934 BAR 658121 2024-09-11 09:26:24 2024-09-11 ENGLISH 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL 7B 2024-09-11 1100.00 0 934 BAR 658122 2024-09-11 09:26:24 2024-09-11 ENGLISH