Beyond Boundaries

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Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra

by Derek Kennet, J. Varaprasada Rao, and M. Kasturi Bai

Published 8 June 2020

This book reports on excavations at Paithan in India revealed the development of two early Hindu temples from the 4th century to the 9th: the key formative phase of Hinduism. The temples started as small shrines but were elaborated into formal temples. In relation to these changes, the excavations revealed a sequence of palaeobotanical and palaeofaunal evidence that give insight into the economic and social changes that took place at that time.