Ancient Indian social history : some interpretations / by Romila Thapar
By: Thapar, Romila [Author].
Material type: TextPublisher: New Delhi : Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., 2010.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 439p. ; 22 cm. + 2 tables.ISBN: 9788125039624.Subject(s): History -- Ancient world history -- India | HistoryDDC classification: 934Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | HCC Seminar Library General Stacks | 934 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2012 | Available | 6225-8 | |
Books | HCC Seminar Library General Stacks | 934 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2012 | Available | 6224-8 |
Includes index.
Interpretations of ancient Indian history -- Society and law in the Hindus and Buddhist traditions -- Ethics, religion and social protest in the first millennium B.C. in northern India -- Renunciation: the making of a counter-culture? -- Dana and Daksina as forms of exchange -- Social mobility in ancient India with special reference to elite groups -- The image of the barbarian in early India -- The historian and archaeological data -- The study of society in ancient India -- Puranic lineages and archaeological cultures -- The tradition of historical writing in early India -- Origin myths and the early Indian historical tradition -- Genealogy as a source of social history -- The scope and significance of regional history -- Great eastern trade: other times, other places (Maritime trade in the first millennium A.D.) -- The museum and history -- The future of the Indian past -- Recognizing historical traditions in early India
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