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I. Forests, deforestation, state, legitimation, and settlement pattern -- Of tribes, hunters and barbarians : forest dwellers in the Mauryan Period / Aloka Parasher-Sen -- Wilderness and kingship in ancient south Asia / Nancy E. Falk -- The study of settlement patterns in the Cōḷa Period : some perspectives / R. Champakalakshmi -- An aspect of rural landscape in the Rashtrakuta Kingdom / Shyam Narayan Lal -- II. Water resources, irrigation, and landscapes -- Natural resources and human settlements : perceiving the environment in India / Ranabir Chakravarti -- Patronage and irrigation in Tamil Nadu : a long-term view / David Ludden -- Pastoralism as reflected in the classical Tamil theory of landscapes / Kamil V. Zvelebil -- III. Cult traditions, topography, and perceptions -- Landscapes in conflict : flocks, hero-stones, and cult in early medieval Maharashtra / Ajay Dandekar -- In which part of south Asia did the early Brahmanical tradition (1st millennium BC) take its form? / Kumkum Roy -- Perceiving the forest : early India / Romila Thapar -- Tirthas and acculturation : an anthropological study / Vijay Nath -- IV. Agricultural expansion, pastoralism, and ecology -- Early south Indian society and economy : the Tinai concept / K. Sivathamby -- Agrarian expansion / R.S. Sharma -- Geographical setting and agrarian economy / V.K. Jain -- Ethnohistory of pastoralism : a study of Kuruvas and Gollas / M.L.K. Murty -- Settlements and economy / Nayanjot Lahiri -- V. Botany in early India -- Life, forests, and plant sciences in ancient India / Anil Rawat.