The ‘Early Medieval' Origins of India Devadevan Hardback 9781108494571

The \u2018Early Medieval' Origins of India\n\nThis radical reinterpretation of Indian history traces the origins of India's institutions, ideas and identities to the 'early medieval' period.\n\nManu V. Devadevan (Author)\n\n9781108494571, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 3 December 2020\n\n524 pages\n23.6 x 16.1 x 3.9 cm, 0.82 kg\n\n'\u2026 Devadevan uses a truly impressive range of examples from politics, religion, philosophy, architecture, literature, and economy to support his thesis. \u2026 With an approach indebted to the work of the Keralan historian and epigraphist Kesavan Veluthat and a sweeping command of his material, Devadevan has produced a work that deserves to be read and discussed\u2026' Brian Collins, Religon\n\nIndia is generally regarded as a civilization with a set of intrinsic attributes that emerged in the age of the Vedas or, better still, in the Harappan times. In recent decades, historical studies have moved away from rigid perspectives of sin]