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Author Chakrabarti, Pratik, author.

Title Inscriptions of nature : geology and the naturalization of antiquity / Pratik Chakrabarti.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Introduction. Past unlimited -- The canal of Zabita Khan : the nature of history -- Ancient alluviums : landscapes of antiquity -- Mythic pasts and naturalized histories : the deep history of sacred geography -- Remnants of the race : geology and the naturalization of human antiquity -- The other side of Tethys : Gondwana and the geology of primitivism -- Conclusion: The new deep history.
Summary "This theoretical book is a work of history and of cultural studies. Through analyses of Gondwana, India, and its geological, anthropological, and cultural histories, the book describes how human evolution, mythological geographies, tribal aboriginality, and colonial state formation fundamentally defined India's antiquity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Geology -- Methodology.
Geology -- Methodology.
Archaeological geology -- India -- Gondwana.
Archaeological geology.
India -- Gondwana.
India -- Historiography.
India.
Historiography.
Gondwana (India) -- Antiquities.
Gondwana (India) -- Environmental conditions.
Gondwana (India) -- Historical geography.
Antiquities.
Ecology.
Historical geography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781421438740 1421438747 (DLC) 2019056149 (OCoLC)1140724725
ISBN 9781421438757 (electronic book)
1421438755 (electronic book)
9781421438740
1421438747