To people operating in India's economy, actually existing markets are remarkably different from how planners and academics conceive them. From the outside, they appear as demarcated arenas of exchange bound by state-imposed rules. As historical and social realities, however, markets are dynamic,...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Section One: Theoretical and Methodological Overviews -- 1: Investigating Market Exchange in Ancient Societies: A Theoretical Review -- 2: Detecting Marketplace Exchange in Archaeology: A Methodological Review -- Section Two:...