Readings in Early Indian History

By:

Thapar, Romila

Material type:

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: x, 492 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198083764 (pbk.)
0198083769 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

934 THA/R

Contents:

I. Historiography -- 1. Decolonizing the Past -- 2. The Contribution of D.D. Kosambi to Indology -- 3. Society and Historical Consciousness: The Itihasa-purana Tradition -- II. Economy and Society -- 4. Society in Ancient India: The Formative Period -- 5. Lineage Society -- 6. The Evolution of the State in the Ganga Valley in the Mid-first Millennium BC -- 7. Black Gold: South Asia and the Roman Maritime Trade -- III. Changing Political Formations -- 8. The Mauryan Empire in Early India -- 9. Society and Economic Activity in the Late First Millennium BC -- 10. Text and Context: Megasthenes and the Seven Castes -- 11. Asoka: A Retrospective -- IV. Religion, Philosophy, and Society -- 12. Sacrifice, Surplus, and the Soul -- 13. The Householder and the Renouncer in the Brahmanical and Buddhist Traditions -- 14. Patronage and the Community -- V. Towards Further Change -- 15. Sakuntala: Histories of a Narrative -- 16. Somanatha: Narratives of a History.

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	General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section				934 THA/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			P41196

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Essays; previously published.

I. Historiography --
1. Decolonizing the Past --
2. The Contribution of D.D. Kosambi to Indology --
3. Society and Historical Consciousness: The Itihasa-purana Tradition --
II. Economy and Society --
4. Society in Ancient India: The Formative Period --
5. Lineage Society --
6. The Evolution of the State in the Ganga Valley in the Mid-first Millennium BC --
7. Black Gold: South Asia and the Roman Maritime Trade --
III. Changing Political Formations --
8. The Mauryan Empire in Early India --
9. Society and Economic Activity in the Late First Millennium BC --
10. Text and Context: Megasthenes and the Seven Castes --
11. Asoka: A Retrospective --
IV. Religion, Philosophy, and Society --
12. Sacrifice, Surplus, and the Soul --
13. The Householder and the Renouncer in the Brahmanical and Buddhist Traditions --
14. Patronage and the Community --
V. Towards Further Change --
15. Sakuntala: Histories of a Narrative --
16. Somanatha: Narratives of a History.

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