All Outputs (5)

Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas (2020)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B. (2020). Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas. In S. Pankova, & S. J. Simpson (Eds.), Masters of the Steppe: the Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia. Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017 (639-649). Archaeopress

At the easternmost edge of the Iranic world, settled rather than saddled Scythians ran the kingdom of Khotan as Iranian-speaking Buddhists who traded and tussled with their T’ang and Tibetan neighbours. Straddling the Sino-Tibetan and Irano-Indic oec... Read More about Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas.

Between Hind and Hellas: the Bactrian Bridgehead (with an Appendix on Indo-Hellenic interactions) (2020)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B. (2020). Between Hind and Hellas: the Bactrian Bridgehead (with an Appendix on Indo-Hellenic interactions). In R. Seshan (Ed.), Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions: Proceedings of the Seminar on Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 19-20 January, 2013 (187-228). K. R. Cama Oriental Institute

Disputing ‘market value’: the Bombay Improvement Trust and the reshaping of a speculative land market in early twentieth-century Bombay (2020)
Journal Article
Tejani, S. (2021). Disputing ‘market value’: the Bombay Improvement Trust and the reshaping of a speculative land market in early twentieth-century Bombay. Urban History, 48(3), 572-589. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926820000565

Urban expansion in the early twentieth century had a profound impact on India's urban land economies. Historians argue that in this period, urban India went through an increasing marketization of land and that improvement trusts had a significant han... Read More about Disputing ‘market value’: the Bombay Improvement Trust and the reshaping of a speculative land market in early twentieth-century Bombay.

Before the Dust Settled: Is Nepal’s 2015 Settlement a Seismic Constitution? (2020)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2020). Before the Dust Settled: Is Nepal’s 2015 Settlement a Seismic Constitution?. Conflict, Security & Development, 20(3), 379-400. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2020.1771848

Two significant institutional developments occurred in the aftermath of the major earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015: a new national constitution was drafted and promulgated and a National Reconstruction Authority was established. The constitution... Read More about Before the Dust Settled: Is Nepal’s 2015 Settlement a Seismic Constitution?.

The changing face of Nepal (2020)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2020). The changing face of Nepal. Current History, 119(816), 141-145. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2020.119.816.141

A summary account of social and political change in Nepal over the past thirty years.