Time Pieces : a whistle: stop tour of ancient india / Nayanjot Lahiri

By:

Lahiri, Nayanjot

Language: English Publication details: Hachette, India, 2022.Edition: 1st edDescription: 214p. ; 20cmISBN:

9789351952473

Subject(s):

English miscellaneous writings

DDC classification:

828.92 LAH

Summary: 'There are many missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle that is ancient India, but those we have yield a rich tapestry.' The oldest surviving love graffiti on a cave wall immortalizing an intimate bond in the third century BCE; charred seeds and chewed animal bones that provide evidence of a peoples' food obsessions; architectural minutiae that point to the alarming regression of a civilization's potty habits; intriguing sculptures that reveal myriad facets of the human-animal relationship... In Time Pieces, award-winning historian Nayanjot Lahiri whimsically sifts through intricate clues left behind by the early inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent - in plaques and inscriptions, fragments of jewellery, bones and tools, poetry, art and pottery - to reveal to us our ancient land in all its variety, splendour, complexity and contradictions.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	828.92 LAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	698361
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	828.92 LAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	698362

'There are many missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle that is ancient India, but those we have yield a rich tapestry.'

The oldest surviving love graffiti on a cave wall immortalizing an intimate bond in the third century BCE; charred seeds and chewed animal bones that provide evidence of a peoples' food obsessions; architectural minutiae that point to the alarming regression of a civilization's potty habits; intriguing sculptures that reveal myriad facets of the human-animal relationship...

In Time Pieces, award-winning historian Nayanjot Lahiri whimsically sifts through intricate clues left behind by the early inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent - in plaques and inscriptions, fragments of jewellery, bones and tools, poetry, art and pottery - to reveal to us our ancient land in all its variety, splendour, complexity and contradictions.

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