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- doi: 10.15184/aqy.2022.28
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medieval land grant Hindu temple landscape survey settlement distribution South Asia First millennium AD medievalSujets proches
Asia, South Indian Subcontinent Southern Asia Indian Sub-continent Millennium Natural scenery Countryside Landscape Scenery Scenic landscapes Documents Charters--Law and legislation paysage représentation du paysageCiter ce document
Jason Hawkes et al., « Grounding texts and theories of societal change », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10.15184/aqy.2022.28
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During the mid-first millennium AD, new kingdoms and states emerged across South Asia. At this time, land grants made to Hindu temples are thought to have led to wide-ranging societal transformations. To date, however, neither the land-grant charters nor the changes they are said to have driven have been studied archaeologically. Here, the authors present the results of the first archaeological investigation of the charters and their landscape context. Bringing together the textual record with a survey of 268 religious and residential sites, the results establish historical baselines against which the longue durée developments of South Asian social, political and economic formation can be profitably re-posed.