TALK "The ‘In-Betweeners’: Trade, Politics and Patronage on the Western Coast in 1st Century AD" by Dr. Shailendra Bhandare at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 9th January 2017

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 09/01/2017 18:30 09/01/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "The ‘In-Betweeners’: Trade, Politics and Patronage on the Western Coast in 1st Century AD" by Dr. Shailendra Bhandare Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/01/talk-in-betweeners-trade-politics-and.html Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "The ‘In-Betweeners’: Trade, Politics and Patronage on the Western Coast in 1st Century AD" by Dr. Shailendra Bhandare, Ashmolean Museum / St Cross College, University of Oxford.
As part of 'Indian Archaeology' Series. 

The lecture will focus on one particular site on the Western Coast, namely Kuda-Mandad (Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra) and the feudal elites known as the ‘Mahabhojas’ who ruled here in these tumultuous times. Their existence depended on machinations played at a ‘higher’ level by their overlords and as such they were the ‘in-betweeners’ of political world of their times. The patronage extended by the Mahabhojas to the rock-cut cave temple complex at Kuda is well-attested through inscriptional evidence available in situ. By deploying new numismatic evidence in the narrative, the talk will outline various aspects of Mahabhoja rule at Kuda, such as their contribution to the political and economic/trade history of the region.

Chair: Dr. Peter Skilling

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