This volume highlights new research on a variety of themes related to ancient and early medieval India. Bringing together detailed case studies from different regions-Kashmir, south India, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Delhi ridge, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Gangetic Plains-it raises fresh, interesting questions and represents recent emerging directions of research. The essays interrogate the construction of archaeological and historical knowledge, connect literary and archaeological data, and devise ways of historicizing texts. They also explore the complex interrelationship between ideas, norms, and sociopolitical practice.