Urban center, Urban centre: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic StudyUrban centers in ancient India (Medieval Orissa) generally represent a socio-economic organization different from that of rural settlements; but the records, apart from providing a few names, do not furnish any details at all regarding the urban centres that existed in this period. Such centres as Puri, Bhubaneswar, Mukhalingam, Patna, Suvarnapura and the newly established Kataka Varanasi may be supposed to have had a predominantly agricultural population. Such centres as Bhubaneswar might also have been purely religious centres. [...] The Ganga records, however, refer to one type of settlement as nagari which is literal translation of urban centres. Furthermore, a close examination of information available from the epigraphic evidences denote that the difference between them and villages was one of degree and not of kind. [...]
The context in which the township (or Urban centres—nagari) is assigned—the reference is to the grant of 20 vatis of cornland and 10 vatis of homestead land in Jayanagara-gramna—suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.
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Full-text (+23): Puri, Mukhalingam, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Suvarnapura, Katakavaranasi, Village, Goldsmith, Fisherman, Artisan, Brazier, Potter, Weaver, Oilman, Barber, Splitter, Milkman, Washerman, Perfumer, Florist.
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 7 - Functional role (of Rājagṛha and Vāraṇasī) < [Conclusion]
Part 4 - Scope of our work < [Introduction]
Part 1 - Introduction < [Introduction]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
The flourishing agriculture and prosperity in Amarāvatī (Dhānyakaṭaka) < [Chapter 4 - Survival of Amarāvatī in the Context of Andhra Art]
Other Archaeological Sites and Conclusion < [Chapter 2 - Amarāvatī and other Archaeological Sites of Ancient Andhra Pradesh]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
The Pattern of Landholding < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]
Solid Waste Management: Socio-Cultural and < [January – March, 2008]
The Problem of Rural Industries < [August 1938]
Vitalising Adult Continuing Education in the < [October – December, 2005]
Temples in and around Madurantakam (by B. Mekala)
The Multi role of the Temples < [Chapter 2 - Temples: Role and Influence]
Brahmanical Influence < [Chapter 2 - Temples: Role and Influence]
Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)
Pluralism and Public Space < [Introduction]