From Lineage to Territory
The Making of Territorial Self-consciousness in Kaliṅga
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10220274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manu V Devadevan (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-197 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indian Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0376-9836 • E-ISSN: 0975-5977 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0376983617726460 |
| OpenAlex | W2771898061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The evolution of territorial self-consciousness was among the most significant and historically far-reaching developments of the later half of the first millennium CE in the Indian subcontinent. However, discussions concerning this complex process have not had the benefit of systematic exploration. Although a handful of perspectives exist, they have been presented impressionistically in the context of debates on feudalism and state formation. In this article, this question is examined in relation to the rise of territoriality in the eastern Indian region of Kaliṅga. On the basis of the evidence occurring in inscriptions from the region, it is argued that large-scale expansion of agriculture and the spread of landed property, the prospects thus generated by the political control that could be exercised over its resources and the consolidation of such prospects at different local, supralocal and regional levels were the causes that resulted in the rise of Kaliṅga as a geopolitically self-conscious territory
Archaeology · Consolidation (business · Context (archaeology · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Feudalism · Geography · Indian subcontinent · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Territoriality · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |