- Pages: 388
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- Subjects: Indian Epic
- Framing the Mahabharata : Against the Evolution of Early South Asian Society
author detailsCol Saikat K Bose (Indian Army) survives from personal crisis to personal crisis in the Army. An avid traveler, he loves to nose around places associated with battles and combat, and hopes to make the subject of Battlefield Archaeology popular in his part of the world.
Preface
Acknowledgment
Pronunciation Guide
Abbreviations
List of Maps and Figures
Map 1: Migratory Corridors and Zones of Conflict xvii
Map 2: Places and Polities in the Mahabharata
Map 3: The Indo–Gangetic Divide
Map 4: Sites Traditionally Associated with the Battle
Figure 5: Anatomy of the Vipatha Chariot
Introduction
Chapter 1 Format, Structure and Growth of the Epic
Chapter 2 The Backdrop of the Proto-Indo–Iranian Migrations
Chapter 3 Imperial Assimilation by the Bharata
Chapter 4 Formation of the Kuru–Pañcala Moiety
Chapter 5 The Pa??u and the Yadu
Chapter 6 The Armies, and Nature of Combat
Chapter 7 Reconstructing the Battle
Chapter 8 The Fallout
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index