Power and Domination in the Rural Society of Early Medieval South Asia

• Project/Area Number: 20820015
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Asian history
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: FURUI Ryosuke The University of Tokyo, 東洋文化研究所, 准教授 (60511483)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,289,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,530,000、Indirect Cost: ¥759,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,729,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,330,000、Indirect Cost: ¥399,000)
• Keywords: 南アジア / ベンガル / 中世初期 / 碑文学 / 農村社会

Research Abstract

This research revealed the diversity of the agrarian development and the power structure of landed class due to the difference in ecology and historical process among/within sub-regions of early medieval Bengal. It also provided a prospect to understand the social change in early medieval South Asia as a process of interaction and negotiation among various powers and social groups including the aforementioned class and the kingship. Apart from that, the four Pala copper plate inscriptions including one unpublished were edited and the photographs of unpublished inscriptions were taken through the fieldworks.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Biyala Copper Plate Inscription of Mahipala I (2010)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Journal Title: Pratna Samiksha 13(採録決定済)
• [Journal Article] ジャガッジーバンプル銅板文書とナンダディールギー僧院址 (2010)
  • Author(s): 古井龍介
  • Journal Title: インド考古研究 31号(採録決定済)
  • NAID: 40017299226
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Re-reading Two Copper Plate Inscriptions of Gopala II, Year 4 (2009)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Journal Title: Prajnadhara : Essays on Asian Art, History, Epigraphy and Culture in Honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya(G. J. M. Mevissen and A. Banerjee (eds))(New Delhi :Kaveri Books) Pages: 319-330
• [Journal Article] Re-reading Two Copper Plate Inscriptions of Gopala II, Year 4 (2009)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Journal Title: G. J. M. Mevissen and A. Bgnerjee (eds), Prajnadhara: Essays on Asian Art, History, Epigraphy and Culture in Honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya, New Delhi: Kavari Books Pages: 319-330
• [Journal Article] A New Copper Plate Inscription of Gopala II (2008)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Journal Title: South Asian Studies 24 Pages: 67-75
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Sub-regional Identities and Cultural Hegemony in Early Medieval Bengal (2009)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Organizer: International Conference on Region Formation in Contemporary South Asia
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Delhi
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-27
• [Presentation] Sub-regional Identities and Cultural Hegemony in Early Medieval Bengal (2009)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Organizer: International Conference on Region Formation in Contemporary South Asia
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Delhiデリー,インド
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-27
• [Presentation] Agrarian Expansion and Local Power Relation in the Seventh and Eighth Century East Bengal : A Study on Copper Plate Inscriptions (2009)
  • Author(s): Furui, Ryosuke
  • Organizer: The 14th World Sanskrit Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-03