Mahasthan record revisited

Routledge

2023

120 p.

Contents: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Mahasthan and the Discovery of the Record -- Chapter 2: Mahasthan Fragmentary Stone Record Revisited -- Chapter 3: Sohgaura Bronze Plaque Contextualized -- Chapter 4: More on Granary, Treasury, Grains and Money -- Chapter 5: In and Out of Emergency -- Chapter 6: The Mahasthan Record Reassessed -- Chapter 7: Querying the Empire -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Colour Plates

A small record consisting of six to seven lines that has been published by eminent epigraphists several times, would require a fresh interpretation was almost beyond imagination. It was by chance that the Indian Museum displayed the Mahasthan stone plaque, and after seeing this record, several questions arose which demanded a fresh interpretation, and this enquiry finally culminated into this slim monograph. The book attempts a re-reading of this inscription and also provides a fresh interpretation. It tries to situate this record in a broader canvas by interrogating the record along with several other evidences. This finally leads us to look at the Mauryan Empire from a regional perspective.

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