Research Catalog

Title

Readings in early Indian history / Romila Thapar.

Author

Thapar, Romila

Publication

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Description

x, 492 pages : map; 22 cm

Summary

"This book discusses the period from 1000 BC to the end of the sixth century AD. Divided into five thematic sections, the first section discusses questions like perceptions, historical consciousness, and approaches to the study of ancient Indian history. The second and third parts give a detailed account of changes in society and economy and the evolution and transformation of the political formations from ancient times. The segment on religion presents information on development in the field of religion and philosophy while the last section underlines changes which paved way for new socio-economic and political formations. The new Introduction updates research on the subject and explains the various themes discussed in the volume."--

Subject

• Geschichtsschreibung
• India > History
• Indien

Note

• Essays; previously published.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780198083764 (pbk.)
• 0198083769 (pbk.)

LCCN

2013332793

OCLC

• 856491377
• SCSB-5741225

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries