Ancient Indian social history : some interpretations / Romila Thapar.

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Thapar, Romila

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Orient Longman, 1978 [Reprinted 1996].Description: x, 396 pages : illustrations, tables, map ; 23 cmISBN:

812500808X

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Contents:

1. Interpretation of Ancient Indian history 2. Society and law in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions 3. Ethics, religion and social protest in the First Millenium B.C. in Northern India 4. Renunciation : the making of a counter-culture? 5. Dāna and Daksinā as forms of exchange 6. Social mobility in Ancient India with special reference to elite groups 7. The image of the barbarian in early India 8. The historian and archaeological data 9. The study of society in Ancient India 10. Puranic lineages and archaeological cultures 11. The tradition of historical writing in early India 12. Origin myths and the early Indian historical tradition 13. Genealogy as a source of social history 14. The scope and significance of regional history

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library Akbar Ali Khan Collection	Ayesha Abed Library Akbar Ali Khan Collection	934 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not For Loan		3010041225

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Interpretation of Ancient Indian history
2. Society and law in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions
3. Ethics, religion and social protest in the First Millenium B.C. in Northern India
4. Renunciation : the making of a counter-culture?
5. Dāna and Daksinā as forms of exchange
6. Social mobility in Ancient India with special reference to elite groups
7. The image of the barbarian in early India
8. The historian and archaeological data
9. The study of society in Ancient India
10. Puranic lineages and archaeological cultures
11. The tradition of historical writing in early India
12. Origin myths and the early Indian historical tradition
13. Genealogy as a source of social history
14. The scope and significance of regional history

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