Aloka Parasher‐Sen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5641975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aloka Parasher‐Sen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aloka |
| FAMILY NAME | Parasher‐Sen |
| SIGNATURE | SEN A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hyderabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1280-5848 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conversations with the Animate ‘Other’
Human interventions with living entities have had to be in a constant state of negotiating space necessary for co-habitation with animals, birds, trees, plants, grasslands, forests, hills, water bodies in the creation of villages and other settlements. The book argues that negotiating this space meant sharing, which impacted economic strategies, religious experiences, cultural interactions and oral performances that humans have strategized and pr…
Bearing History—Women, Death and the Jaina Ritual of Sallekhanā
The largely-prescriptive Jaina literary texts contained severe strictures on women that forbade them from undertaking sallekhanā (fasting to death) to attain spiritual liberation. However, fragmentary inscriptions written on stone slabs and pillars found in the Deccan indicate that women did undertake and experience this ritual practice. These records, written at the behest of those who took care of individuals going through sallekhanā, enable us…
Perceptions of Time, Cultural Boundaries and ‘Region’ in Early Indian Texts
Historiographical positions have hitherto suggested that historical regions be objectively encapsulated solely as entities of political control or, as regions with their present-day linguistic boundaries. This article takes an in-depth look at the way notions of time, history, space, boundaries and identities evolved in the early Indian textual traditions that impinged on how regions were continually in the process of making. Critical to the argu…
Localities, Coins and the Transition to the Early State in the Deccan
Looking from the perspective of different localities while making the numismatic data central to our analysis, this article not only raises critical questions about the transition to early state, but also interrogates the nature of this state in the Deccan. Localities cannot be understood as isolated historical entities, but in the context of region-based studies they cannot be treated as mere peri-pheries either. Since this task necessarily enta…
Images of Feminine Identity in Hindu Mythology and Art
Of tribes, hunters and barbarians
Of tribes, hunters and barbarians
Images of Feminine Identity in Hindu Mythology and Art
Localities, Coins and the Transition to the Early State in the Deccan
Looking from the perspective of different localities while making the numismatic data central to our analysis, this article not only raises critical questions about the transition to early state, but also interrogates the nature of this state in the Deccan. Localities cannot be understood as isolated historical entities, but in the context of region-based studies they cannot be treated as mere peri-pheries either. Since this task necessarily enta…
Perceptions of Time, Cultural Boundaries and ‘Region’ in Early Indian Texts
Historiographical positions have hitherto suggested that historical regions be objectively encapsulated solely as entities of political control or, as regions with their present-day linguistic boundaries. This article takes an in-depth look at the way notions of time, history, space, boundaries and identities evolved in the early Indian textual traditions that impinged on how regions were continually in the process of making. Critical to the argu…
Bearing History—Women, Death and the Jaina Ritual of Sallekhanā
The largely-prescriptive Jaina literary texts contained severe strictures on women that forbade them from undertaking sallekhanā (fasting to death) to attain spiritual liberation. However, fragmentary inscriptions written on stone slabs and pillars found in the Deccan indicate that women did undertake and experience this ritual practice. These records, written at the behest of those who took care of individuals going through sallekhanā, enable us…
Conversations with the Animate ‘Other’
Human interventions with living entities have had to be in a constant state of negotiating space necessary for co-habitation with animals, birds, trees, plants, grasslands, forests, hills, water bodies in the creation of villages and other settlements. The book argues that negotiating this space meant sharing, which impacted economic strategies, religious experiences, cultural interactions and oral performances that humans have strategized and pr…
History (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Literature (3 works)