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The Archaeology of Bengal: Trading Networks, Cultural Identities |
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Ray, Himanshu Prabha
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Journal of the Economic & Social History of the Orient
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| Volume | v.49 n.1 |
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| Date | 2006 |
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| Pages | 68 |
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| Publisher | E.J. Brill |
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | English; Inland navigation; Buddhist monasteries; Hindu temples; Rouletted Ware; Terracotta temples; hydrography; religious institutions; |
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| Abstract | The objective of this paper is to draw on archaeological data from Bengal to address issues relating to the social and cultural milieu of trade from the 5th-4th centuries BC to the 6th-7th centuries AD. Trading activity by its very nature was mobile, cut across political frontiers and as a result created its own networks of communication and information transfer. Within this extensive trading system, diverse communities in Bengal developed distinctive cultural identities as they interacted with their unique environment as well as with the larger Indic cultural sphere. This cultural identity included religious affiliation and it is important to highlight the vibrancy and dynamism of these cultural identities from the prehistoric period to the 8th-9th centuries AD. |
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| ISSN | 00224995 |
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| Hits | 440 |
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| Created date | 2006.09.12 |
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