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ANCIENT INDIA
- CULTURE OF CONTRADICTIONS
Engelsk Hardback
ANCIENT INDIA
- CULTURE OF CONTRADICTIONS
Engelsk Hardback

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In Ancient India: Culture of Contradictions, one of India''s most distinguished historians takes readers on an exhilarating voyage of discovery into the distant past. Upinder Singh urges us to abandon simplistic stereotypes and instead think of ancient India in terms of the coexistence of five powerful contradictions”between social inequality and promises of universal salvation, the valorization of desire and detachment, goddess worship and misogyny, violence and non-violence, and religious debate and conflict. She does so using a vast array of sources including religious and philosophical texts, epics, poetry, plays, technical treatises, satire, biographies, and inscriptions, as well as the material and aesthetic evidence of archaeology and art from sites across the subcontinent. Singh''s scholarly but highly accessible style, clear explanation, and balanced interpretations offer an understanding of the historian''s craft and unravel the many threads of what we think of as ancient Indian culture. This is not a dead or forgotten past but one invoked in different contexts even today. Further, in spite of enormous historical changes over the centuries, the contradictions discussed here still remain. Beautifully written, deeply true, and profusely illustrated with masterpieces of ancient, medieval, and modern art, the book brings toife the rich complexity of ancient India and its connections with the present in a vivid and compelling manner.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9789390652617
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
9390652618
Udg. Dato:
5 okt 2021
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
244mm
Højde:
165mm
Forlag:
Aleph Book Company
Oplagsdato:
5 okt 2021
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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