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Iran to India: The Shansabānīs of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 CE

By Alka Patel

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
1474482228, 9781474482226
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
294 MB (308788592 bytes)
Pages
424\425
Library
EBSCO
Time added
2023-05-06 13:50:09

Description

Alka Patel brings together all the architectural patronage attributed to the Shansabānīs in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Swat and lower Indus region). In doing so, she creates an architectural biography of this pivotal polity and its trans-regional empire. By treating built remains as independent, primary sources, and juxtaposing them with the principal texts, Patel creates a complex understanding of the historical processes the Shansabānīs initiated throughout the landscapes they re-conjoined. Overall, this book provides the first analysis of this important epigraphic corpus. It will serve as the starting point for future research on the medieval epigraphy of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Dates and Transliteration Map of Imperial Ambitions Map of Historical Ghur and Contiguous Regions Genealogy of the Shansabanis of Afghanistan Introduction: The Elephant and its Parts 1. Kingly Trajectories 2. Beginnings 3. The Early Shansabanis: Firuzkuh, Bamiyan, and Tiginabad/Old Qandahar, c. 1140s–1170s 4. One and Several: Gharjistan, Chisht, and Imperial Firuzkuh 5. The “Ports of India”: Ghazna and Bust-Lashkari Bazar 6. Encountering the Many “Indias” Epilogue: Iran to India Appendix: Shansabani Religious and Historical Inscriptions in Afghanistan and Pakistan Works Cited and Bibliography Index

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