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Utilizing critically after a thorough assessment of the data gleaned from the Gahadavala inscriptions, substantiated by the contemporary literature and other archaeological sources, the book judiciously deals with the culture of the Middle Ganga Valley during the twelfth century CE. It also incorporates the relevant material available in the researches of modern scholars. The study mainly focuses on landgrants, feudalism, scribes and artisans, historical geography, society, religion, education, art and architecture of the Gahadavala period. This is a valuable addition in the field of epigraphic studies, characterized by the objectively made new observations and fact-based interpretations.
About the Author Ashish Kumar Dubey, born in 1980, took his post-graduate degree from the Allahabad University and his doctorate from the Lucknow University. Devoted to reconstruct Indian Cultural History from inscriptions, he has published more than half a dozen papers in refereed journals. Historical geography, pilgrimage studies and epigraphy are his other forte. ISBN 9788188934812
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