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Interpreting early India/
"The essays in this volume are centrally about the ways in which early Indian history has been interpreted. More generally, they focus on issues in social history." "Professor Thapar argues the importance of understanding and positioning various well-established perspectives on the...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Delhi ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Ideology and the interpretation of early Indian history
- 2. Durkheim and Weber on theories of society and race relating to pre-colonial India
- 3. Imagined religious communities? Ancient history and the modern search for a Hindu identity
- 4. The contribution of D.D. Kosambi to indology
- 5. Early India : an overview
- 6. Society and historical consciousness : the Itihasa-purana tradition.