{"product_id":"seeking-history-through-her-source-south-of-the-vindhyas-9789354422928","title":"Seeking History through Her Source: South of the Vindhyas","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aloka Parasher Sen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late twentieth century, the scope of history writing has expanded beyond textual sources to include additional sources such as literature, coins, art, and architecture. Meanwhile, history writing on ancient India continues to be burdened by an Indological discourse, which takes ‘India’ as a monolithic whole and interprets sources in ways that contribute to a pan-Indian meta-narrative. Sources which are fragmentary in nature, or located far from the so-called centres of civilisation, are relegated to the footnotes and margins, merely as tools of corroboration. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeeking History through Her Source\u003c\/em\u003e corrects this imbalance by interrogating ‘sources’ in innovative ways. The authors seek historical realities south of the Vindhyas, and contextualise oft-neglected sources in their respective local niches. They highlight literary, art-historical and archaeological sources—such as the \u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" segoe ui sans-serif\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.6667px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJātakas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCankam\u003c\/em\u003e literature, \u003cspan\u003eKāvya \u003c\/span\u003enarratives, coins and \u003cspan\u003epraÅ›astis \u003c\/span\u003eof local rulers—while also highlighting fragmentary sources, such as label inscriptions and statuettes. Thus, literature and myths, and even non-textual traditions are centred as valid ways to address new areas of historical research, and complicate dominant narratives for a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be invaluable to teachers, scholars, and students of history, as well as to readers interested in learning how history can also be constructed from fragmentary and regional sources. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616493887639,"sku":"9789354422928","price":724.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789354422928.webp?v=1769294940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/seeking-history-through-her-source-south-of-the-vindhyas-9789354422928","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}