Manu V. Devadevan’s scientific contributions

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A Prehistory of Hinduism
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December 2016

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... Vedic traditions of sacrifice continued to be practiced well into the Common Era (Hooja 2004;Ray 2004a;Singh 2004). However, there is a marked shift in the material culture of Hinduism, with the appearance and gradual proliferation of stone temples and idols, as brick construction gradually lost prominence, and ideologies of personal devotion and collective ritual began to influence the practice of both political and popular forms of Hinduism (Devadevan 2019;Poster 1986). Miniature votive tanks, made of terracotta and depicting goddess figures and small shrines, are found at a number of Early Historic urban centers in North India such as Taxila, Mathura, Hastinapur, and Ahichhatra, and also at Bhokardan in Maharashtra (Ahuja 2001;Singh 2004). ...

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The Archaeology of Hinduism
A Prehistory of Hinduism