Genre: | Asian History |
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Language : | English |
Edition: | 2nd |
Paperback | |
Origin: | India |
ISBN13: | 9789351952473 |
ISBN10: | 9351952479 |
Pages: | 240 |
Dimensions: | 5.51 x 8.46 x 1.14 inches |
Weight: | 997.9 g |
'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 jewelry, bones and tools, poetry, art and pottery - to reveal to us our ancient land in all its variety, splendor, complexity and contradictions. Sparkling with wit and reflective of a scholar's keen and curious energy, this delightful volume seamlessly connects the past to the present and a civilization to the world beyond.