Namita Sugandhi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Namita Sugandhi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Namita |
| FAMILY NAME | Sugandhi |
| SIGNATURE | SUGANDHI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hartwick College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Archaeology of Hinduism
The term “Hindu” derives from Persian expressions coined in the 4th century bce to define the traditions found east of the Indus River. Thus, a common start to the archaeological examination of Hinduism are the prehistoric cults found in various regions of the Indian subcontinent. Some elements associated with traditions from the urban Indus civilization of the 3rd millennium bce have been connected to later Hindu iconography and ideals, but thes…
Sacred spaces and local places
The Hindu temple has a long, and stylistically varied, history at Tekkalakota, in Ballari district, Karnataka, where thousands of years of human occupation and ritual activity can be traced across the granite hills and agricultural fields making up the rural landscape. Although Tekkalakota has been the subject of several archaeological examinations, earlier research has focused on the prehistoric era, while the substantial medieval heritage of th…
Chai and Conversation: Crafting Field Identities and Archaeological Practice in South Asia
In this article, we present examples from four research projects in India that were influenced by the values and ethics of decolonized and participatory research, and shaped by engendered perspectives. Each project built on earlier experiences that forced us to critically examine the ways we engaged with participants, crafted our field identities, and formed relationships. Using insights from linguistic anthropology and attending to intersectiona…
Paddayya, K: Multiple Approaches to the Study of India’s Early Past. Essays in Theoretical Archaeology
Anthropos , Seite 733 - 734
South Asia, Archaeology of
Conquests of Dharma: Network Models and the Study of Ancient Polities
The Mauryan Empire, an early South Asian polity, was once presumed to have exerted control over most of the Indian subcontinent. A reexamination of both archaeological and historical evidence suggests a different interpretation of Mauryan imperialism - one that has less to do with territorial control and instead looks to a relational network perspective. This perspective allows a view of the Mauryan polity that goes beyond the political dimension…
Politics of Time: 'Primitives' and History-writing in a Colonial Society (review)
Reviewed by: Politics of Time: 'Primitives' and History-writing in a Colonial Society Namita Sanjay Sugandhi Prathama Banerjee , Politics of Time: 'Primitives' and History-writing in a Colonial Society. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. 284 pp. In Politics of Time Prathama Banerjee examines the interrelated processes of constituting the "historical," and constructing the "primitive" in colonial Bengal. Banerjee's contends that this "count…
Context, Content, and Composition: Questions of Intended Meaning and the Asokan Edicts
The Asokan edicts are a familiar and common form of archaeological and textual evidence frequently cited in discussions of the Mauryan polity. This paper is an attempt to move toward a more nuanced understanding of these inscriptions by examining earlier interpretations and previously held assumptions. One of the major assumptions questioned here is the way in which the edicts are frequently viewed as boundary markers of a uniformly administered …
Context, Content, and Composition: Questions of Intended Meaning and the Asokan Edicts
The Asokan edicts are a familiar and common form of archaeological and textual evidence frequently cited in discussions of the Mauryan polity. This paper is an attempt to move toward a more nuanced understanding of these inscriptions by examining earlier interpretations and previously held assumptions. One of the major assumptions questioned here is the way in which the edicts are frequently viewed as boundary markers of a uniformly administered …
Chai and Conversation: Crafting Field Identities and Archaeological Practice in South Asia
In this article, we present examples from four research projects in India that were influenced by the values and ethics of decolonized and participatory research, and shaped by engendered perspectives. Each project built on earlier experiences that forced us to critically examine the ways we engaged with participants, crafted our field identities, and formed relationships. Using insights from linguistic anthropology and attending to intersectiona…
Conquests of Dharma: Network Models and the Study of Ancient Polities
The Mauryan Empire, an early South Asian polity, was once presumed to have exerted control over most of the Indian subcontinent. A reexamination of both archaeological and historical evidence suggests a different interpretation of Mauryan imperialism - one that has less to do with territorial control and instead looks to a relational network perspective. This perspective allows a view of the Mauryan polity that goes beyond the political dimension…
Context, Content, and Composition: Questions of Intended Meaning and the Asokan Edicts
The Asokan edicts are a familiar and common form of archaeological and textual evidence frequently cited in discussions of the Mauryan polity. This paper is an attempt to move toward a more nuanced understanding of these inscriptions by examining earlier interpretations and previously held assumptions. One of the major assumptions questioned here is the way in which the edicts are frequently viewed as boundary markers of a uniformly administered …
Politics of Time: 'Primitives' and History-writing in a Colonial Society (review)
Reviewed by: Politics of Time: 'Primitives' and History-writing in a Colonial Society Namita Sanjay Sugandhi Prathama Banerjee , Politics of Time: 'Primitives' and History-writing in a Colonial Society. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. 284 pp. In Politics of Time Prathama Banerjee examines the interrelated processes of constituting the "historical," and constructing the "primitive" in colonial Bengal. Banerjee's contends that this "count…
Conquests of Dharma: Network Models and the Study of Ancient Polities
The Mauryan Empire, an early South Asian polity, was once presumed to have exerted control over most of the Indian subcontinent. A reexamination of both archaeological and historical evidence suggests a different interpretation of Mauryan imperialism - one that has less to do with territorial control and instead looks to a relational network perspective. This perspective allows a view of the Mauryan polity that goes beyond the political dimension…
South Asia, Archaeology of
Paddayya, K: Multiple Approaches to the Study of India’s Early Past. Essays in Theoretical Archaeology
Anthropos , Seite 733 - 734
Chai and Conversation: Crafting Field Identities and Archaeological Practice in South Asia
In this article, we present examples from four research projects in India that were influenced by the values and ethics of decolonized and participatory research, and shaped by engendered perspectives. Each project built on earlier experiences that forced us to critically examine the ways we engaged with participants, crafted our field identities, and formed relationships. Using insights from linguistic anthropology and attending to intersectiona…
Sacred spaces and local places
The Hindu temple has a long, and stylistically varied, history at Tekkalakota, in Ballari district, Karnataka, where thousands of years of human occupation and ritual activity can be traced across the granite hills and agricultural fields making up the rural landscape. Although Tekkalakota has been the subject of several archaeological examinations, earlier research has focused on the prehistoric era, while the substantial medieval heritage of th…
The Archaeology of Hinduism
The term “Hindu” derives from Persian expressions coined in the 4th century bce to define the traditions found east of the Indus River. Thus, a common start to the archaeological examination of Hinduism are the prehistoric cults found in various regions of the Indian subcontinent. Some elements associated with traditions from the urban Indus civilization of the 3rd millennium bce have been connected to later Hindu iconography and ideals, but thes…
Archaeology (7 works) · History (7 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works)