Between the Empires: Society in India 300 bce to 400 ce

摘要

This important volume is the published outcome of a conference held at the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. As one would expect from the capable editorship of Patrick Olivelle, the book is a landmark contribution to the study of early Indian history and culture. The work has a commendable focus - unlike the published proceedings of many conferences - and addresses the period 'between the empires', that is the centuries between the Mauryan period and the rise of the imperial Guptas. The list of contributors includes Dilip Chakrabarti, J. Mark Kenoyer, Frederick Asher, Himanshu Ray, Shailendra Bhandare, Harry Falk, Patrick Olivelle, Stephanie Jamison, Madhav Deshpande, Alf Hiltebeitel, James L. Fitzgerald, Johannes Bronkhorst, Gregory Schopen, Richard Salomon, Paul Dundas, Aloka Parasher-Sen and Michael Witzel.