Death and Life-Giving Waters

Cremation, caste, and cosmogony in karmic traditions

von Terje Oestigaard

356 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this original work, the author aims to develop a synthetic perspective for enhancing the understanding of the roles death and life-giving waters have in the constitution of society and cosmos in karmic traditions through a material culture study of death and funeral practices as cultural, ritual, and religious processes in parts of Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and the Indus Valley.

• Reihe: BAR International Series
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Archäologie
• ISBN: 9781841716985
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2005
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd