Text for the essay which ¡­

Text for the essay which is due at the 8th class meeting.

In the late Vedic age, kings organized large fire sacrifices. In the early medieval period, up to about 1000 CE, kings distinguished themselves through their gifts to religions specialists and institutions. Discuss the transition based on reading from the class reading list. Including Inden Dirks, Kulke, Thapar, Heitzman and the lecture by Price on the Vedic age.