Negotiating Cultural Identity: Landscapes In Early Medieval South Asian History (Archaeology And Religion In South Asia)

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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Plate and Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Archaeology of Space -- I India Cartographica: Some Roman Sightings -- II Cartography and Cultural Encounter: Conceptualisation of al-Hind by Arabic and Persian Writers from the 9th to 11th Centuries CE -- III Self, Other and the Use and Appropriation of Late Roman Coins in Peninsular India (4th to 7th centuries CE) -- Defining Cultural Landscapes -- IV Sacred Spaces of the Middle Ganga Valley: A Case Study of Varanasi -- V Transforming the Landscape: Questions of Medieval Reuse and Worship at Ancient Jain Rock-cut Sites near Madurai -- VI Of Saffron, Snow and Spirituality: Glimpses of Cultural Geography in the Rajatarangini -- VII Space for Change: Evaluating the 'Paucity of Metallic Currency' in Medieval India -- VIII Colonial Imagination and Identity Attribution: Numismatic Cues for Defining Space -- IX Shrines as 'Monuments': Issues of Classification, Custody and Conflict in Orissa -- About the Editor -- Notes on Contributors -- Index