Multicultural Religious Interactions in Ancient Central and South Asia

Anglický jazyk

Multicultural Religious Interactions in Ancient Central and South Asia

Vydavateľstvo: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Rok vydania: 2026
Formát: Hardback
Rozmer: 279 x 210 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9783032082084

Predpokladaný dátum vydania: 6.3.2026

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O knihe

This book explores multicultural religious interactions in Ancient Central and South Asia. Besides encompassing a vast chronological and geographical range, the themes of this book represent a broad illustration of the current main approaches, methodologies, and perspectives on Ancient Central and South Asia studies, including the establishment of new sacred spaces; the introduction of new rituals, ceremonies, and convivial practices; archaeological evidence for religious interaction, coexistence, and conflict, among others. In this book, archaeologists, historians, art historians, and linguists come together to demonstrate the intensity and complexity of cultural interactions within the religious landscape from the fourth century BCE till the fourth century CE.

Moving beyond traditional approaches of acculturation, the book reveals the dynamics between cultures and emphasizes local agencies in selecting and appropriating religious praxis, thus highlighting not only the impact of religious interactions but also the wider cultural impact of human interactions. The book provides both specialist and non-specialist audiences with new data and fresh perspectives regarding interactions between cultures in Ancient Central and South Asia, in turn allowing us to comprehend similar nodes of interactions within the modern context. Its geographical and temporal scope will be interesting to readers working on both European and South Asian history, art, and archaeology. This volume is relevant for those mainly focused on those other regions as well because it allows tracking the expansion and evolution of different religious conceptions, objects, representations, and practices - being our region an especially relevant node within this global system.