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Monuments in a flood zone: “builders” and “recipients” in ancient Varendri, (Eastern India and Bangladesh)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sheena Panja
Sheena Panja*
Affiliation:
Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan 731235, India (Email: sheena@vsnl.com)
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Abstract

The modern study of ancient landscapes is showing how the landscape and the monuments within it may have been perceived by those alive at the time. The author here broadens the discussion, distinguishing the perceptions of those who built the monuments from those who viewed them. In this example from the area comprising eastern India and Bangladesh where settlements were regularly washed away, the monuments acted as icons of permanence, and continue to impress today. However, they may not have been so appreciated by the riverside dwellers …

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IndiaBangladeshlandscapesmonuments

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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 297 , September 2003 , pp. 497 - 504
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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