Water and historic settlements the making of a cultural landscape / Yaaminey Mubayi.
| Author/creator | Mubayi, Yaaminey |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, [2023] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Foregrounding water within the cultural landscape of Ellora-Khuldabad-Daulatabad - a methodological approach -- Water and settlements - historical development of the region vis-©�-vis the political economy of the Deccan ; networks of trade and patronage -- Water and sacrality - Sacred geography and networks of pilgrimage -- Water and memory - community identities as the past remembered ; memories as carriers of values, beliefs and practices -- Conclusion : a unique cosmopolitanism. |
| Abstract | "This book explores the manner in which human societies understood and managed scarce water resources. Focusing on the arid, rain shadow region of Marathwada, it documents the panoramic history of this region's most important resource - water. It shows how water delineates the establishment of political authority, marks the intersection of networks of trade and pilgrimage and is the bearer of identity through community memories. The book foregrounds how, as a material as well as a ritual and symbolic element, water flows across the boundaries of caste, sect and religion, bringing communities together and linking the past with the present. It not only analyses textual and archaeological sources, but also focuses on oral narratives and their potential to provide consensual as well as alternative narratives of the historic and cultural landscape of Ellora-Daulatabad-Khuldabad. It also shows how water has been framed in a myriad forms in human history - as a ritual, allegorical element present in the myths and cosmology that order the sacred geography of pilgrimage centres, as a physical tangible presence manipulated through human technology to sustain the population and finally, as a subliminal driver for historic agency, its often hidden, underground presence underwriting the region's vitality over the past millennium. A nuanced history of water over millennia, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of environmental history, historical geography, South Asian studies, heritage studies and environmental studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022013361 |
| ISBN | 9780367723682 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032324616 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |