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Journal article
Colonial discourse, Indian Ocean Trade and the Urbanisation of the Western Deccan
A plethora of data attest to the importance of connections across the Indian Ocean during the first millennium BC. Literary and archaeological evidence indicate that an Indian Ocean trade network had been established that facilitated the exchange of diverse goods between East Africa, Egypt, Arabia, South East Asia and South...Rees, Gethin
trade, urbanisation, early historic, Indian Ocean, and Western Deccan
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Journal article
Celibate monks and foetus-stealing gods: Buddhism and pregnancy at the Jetavana Monastery, Shravasti, India
Care for pregnant women constituted an important aspect of interaction between monastic communities and the laity at the Jetavana Buddhist monastery. Figurines found at the monastery date to the first millennium CE and portray a deity with both maleficent and beneficent attitudes toward the unborn. The deities that such figurines...Rees, Gethin ; Yoneda, Fumitaka
figurines, Jetavana monastery, Buddhism, South Asia, and pregnancy