Environmental History of Early India: A Reader
Product Id : 1176
Category : Environmental Thought and Issues
Author : Nandini Sinha Kapur (editor)
Title : Environmental History of Early India: A Reader
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Pages : 282
Edition : 2011
MRP   695.00
  $ 27.00
 

 

 

One of the first anthologies on the subject, this reader, discusses various aspects of the history of the environment in early and early medieval India like:

  • deforestation, agricultural expansion, settlement patterns, and royal sanctions and charters related to forests;
  • development of irrigation and water resources;
  • significance of marginal communities, and the impact of Puranic religion on topography;
  • pastoralism and agrarian economy;
  • botany and plant sciences in ancient India.

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