Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190120412.003.0004
S. Bose
This chapter is the first episode of the elephant story the book attempts to reconstruct. The sheer quantum of evidence necessitated a splitting of the data into two chapters, where Chapter 4 looks for traces of the animal in archaeology, art, and iconography. It synthesizes the archaeofaunal data testifying the long and intimate association humans have had with the pachyderm, and also takes a look at representations of the animal in rock paintings, seals, and terracottas. Images of caparisoned elephants can perhaps be perceived as early beginnings of a close cultural association with the pachyderm. In most cases, the qualitative details and graphic fidelity of the depictions suggest a spectacular sense of familiarity with these animals.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190120412.003.0006
S. Bose
This chapter endeavours to bring the three mega mammals within the same frame in the light of the evidence examined in the preceding chapters. Drawing upon imageries of conflict and coexistence with the faunal world, it sums up their individual stories, which are largely dominated by aspects of their interactions with human cultures whose perceptions have been crucial in determining their fortunes. It also examines the implications the histories of these big mammals have for the cultural and ecological moorings of ancient India in the millennia surveyed.
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