Researches Into the History and Civilization of the Kiratas [Hardcover]

Name : Researches Into the History and Civilization of the Kiratas [Hardcover]

Author : G.P. Singh

Book Format : Hardcover

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121202817

Language : English

Pages : 601-700 Pages

Publish Year : 2008

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

This is a pioneering in-depth study of the life and culture of the Kiratas from the prehistoric age down to the end of the twentieth century A.D. It covers their primitive life and culture, social and, economic condition, policy, administration, religion, philosophy, art, language, literature, and cultural contacts with different Aryan and non-Aryan social groups. The Kirata habitats in janapadas in the epics and Puranic texts, their kingdoms, principalities, urban culture, subjugation by the contepmporary rulers, dynastic rule in northern India and Nepal, the role in every period of Indian history, based on a large number of rare sources have received extensive and deep attention of the researcher-author. The analysis of the subject is subtle and penetrating based on interdisciplinary research. The work is of immense academic value not only for historians but also for anthropologies and linguists. About The Author : - Dr. G.P. Singh, is at present professor in the Department of History, Manipur University, Imphal. Contents:- Foreword • Acknowledegements • Preface • abbreviations • The Historical Perspective • The Origin, Antiquity, Identification and Expansion • Life and Culture Since Pre-Historic Age • The Emergence and Fall of Janapadas, Kingdoms, Principalities and Towns (From the Epic Age down to the times of the Hoysalas) • Rise and Fall of the Dynastic Rule in Northern Ind

Country of Origin : India