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India's environmental history : Vol. I From ancient times to the colonial period

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Permanent Black 2012Description: 464p viiISBN:
  • 9788178243160
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.046000 RAN-I
Contents:
Summary: .Vol. 1 provides an antidote to the existing historiography, which barely takes notice of the era before 1800. The essays here range from prehistoric India to the middle of the nineteenth century. They provide insights on forest and water disputes, contests over urban and rural space, struggles over water and land, and frictions over natural wealth which have led to a reinterpretation of source materials on early and medieval India
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Summary:
.Vol. 1 provides an antidote to the existing historiography, which barely takes notice of the era before 1800. The essays here range from prehistoric India to the middle of the nineteenth century. They provide insights on forest and water disputes, contests over urban and rural space, struggles over water and land, and frictions over natural wealth which have led to a reinterpretation of source materials on early and medieval India