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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 April 2014
      28 March 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139519984
      9781108056458
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519984
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.8kg, 638 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, South Asian History, Geography, Historical Geography, Asian Studies, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian History, Geography, Historical Geography, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    'Ancient geography' refers here to India's Buddhist period up to the seventh century CE, during which time Buddhism was the subcontinent's dominant religion. First published in 1871, this detailed study covering this period was written by Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814–93), who served as an officer in the East India Company and then went on to found and direct the Archaeological Survey of India. He had become an expert on the country's ancient geography owing to his experience as a surveyor. In this work he draws on material ranging from the campaigns of Alexander the Great to the travels of the seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang, who recorded much about India's geographical, political, religious and cultural landscape. Although this book was published as Part I, a subsequent volume on the Muslim period was never completed.

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