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Urbanity and Economy

Author: Ratnabali Chatterjee

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Categories: History
Year February 2014
Pages VI+234
Binding PB
Size
ISBN 9789380677474

 

The Volume on effort to address the issue of the growth and development of Urbanization in the region from the Proto-historic period right up to the medieval time. The transformation of rural economy into urban economy is a complex process while the variables of those forces are the major contributing factors largely determining the nature, shape and character of an urban growth. In a vast country like India, the development of material in the numerous ecological zones. From the pre-historic period, regional forces played the most significant role in the development of Indian culture. In this anthology the researchers have investigated the process of urbanization in specific context within this region. They have also focused on the economic factors, especially trade, which determines the course and momentum of urbanization. The discourse will provide the readers a review of the scope of current research on the subject.Chief Editor, Ratnabali Chatterjee, retired as Professor, Department of Islamic History and Culture,

Chief Editor, Ratnabali Chatterjee, retired as Professor, Department of Islamic History and Culture, University of Calcutta in 2006 and honorary Director of Women’s Studies Research Center, member of Women’s Commission, West Bengal.

The editorial board includes Nupur dasgupta, Suchandra Ghosh, Suchandra Ghosh, Shreyasi Bhattacharyya,Banani Bhattacharyya,Kaushik Saha

1. Reappraisal of Dihar and its surroundings: An Archaeological Perspective on the evolution of a nodal settlement in Bengal – Shasmistha Chatterjee
2. Reviewing trade Links and Socio economic Aspects in Chalcolithic PanduRajarDhibi through Site Catchment Analysis – Doyel Bondyopadhyay
3. The Earliest known Die struck Coin in the urban context of Chandraketugarh – Pranab K. Chattopadhyay
4. Investigating the development of the urban complex at Rajagriha – Chirantani Das
5. Maritime Ports and Political Authority in earlyHistoric coastal Bengal: Exploring Certain Historical Issuses – Shreyasi Bhattacharya
6. Nalanda from Vihara to mahavihara: The Underlying economic Factors – Chitralekha Hazra Banerjee
7. Expansion of Agrarian economy and Local Power Relations in the Seventh and eight Century Eastern Bengal: A Study on Copper plate inscriptions – Ryosuke Furui
8. Traders and the centres of trade in the inscriptions of Srikakulam (11th -15th century CE) – Sabarni Pramanik Nayak
9. Defining the towns of Early Medieval Bengal – Anil Kumar
10. Navadvipa: the Rise of a Religious Centre in Mediaval Bengal- Monideepa Bhattacharjee
11. Sonargaon: A Medieval Port City in Medieval Bangladesh – Shahnaj Husne Jajan
12. The ‘Local’ and the ‘Historical’: Gaur as told through Legend – Parjanya Sen
13. Temple scape and political Culture under the Mallas of medieval Bengal : A Case Study – Sharmila Saha & Rajat Sanyal
14. An Approach to the Study Morphology of Selected towns and Cities of Medieval Bengal C.1500 to 1727 – Aniruddha Ray

Ratnabali Chatterjee

Chief Editor, Ratnabali Chatterjee, retired as Professor, Department of Islamic History and Culture, University of Calcutta in 2006 and honorary Director of Women’s Studies Research Center, member of Women’s Commission, West Bengal.

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