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The Shadow Lines: the Advent of Territoriality in South Asia
Manu V. Devadevan
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Complete Story: Territoriality  |
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Territories' are not simply spaces but spaces that belong to someone and therefore evoke different emotions: a sense of ownership, passion, love and loyalty. Even poems celebrate a space only when there is territorial self-consciousness. But 'territories' could not have been created without the transformation of the relationship between men and the land, the changing meaning of production and wealth. As a first instance, nomadic tribes would not have a sense of territory because of their lack of attachment to a single space. This essay examines the circumstances under which 'territories' were created in the space corresponding to present day India and the evidence pointing to it.
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Manu V. Devadevan teaches in Department of History, Mangalore University. He has specialized in the history of asceticism and belief-revision in south India. His published works include books and articles in Kannada and research papers in journals like JESHO. He is presently working on the ascetic geography of Bhaskarananda's Natha Navaratnamala Manjoosha. |
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