This book traces the changing and long-term history of the vast Brahmaputra valley region, that has distinct languages, faiths, monastic traditions, and lay-monk relationship, in different orders and
"[W]ill be welcomed by students of comparative slavery.... [It] makes us reconsider the significance of slavery in the subcontinent." —Edward A. Alpers, UCLADespite its pervasive presence in
The seminar that generated the 10 papers was held in Chicago in March 2010. They cover early Mesopotamia, the Islamic near east, and second and first millennium empires. The topics include slavery in