Rethinking India's Past

Sharma R S

Rethinking India's Past - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2010 - ix, 299p. - Oxford india paperbacks .

Includes index


Cover
Rethinking India's Past
Sharma
Table of Contents
Publisher's Note, Introduction: Looking at Ancient Social Formations;
1. Sources and Review of Early Socio-Economic History;
2. Exploiting History Through Archaeology;
3. Writings on Early Indian Polity;
4. Studies in Ancient Polity;
5. . Early Story of Oriental Despotism: A Critique;
6. Writings on Sudras;
7. Historiography of the Ancient Social Order;
8. Light on Sati System;
9. Some Western Views on the State and Economy in Early India;
10. . Mode of Production in Ancient India;
11. Stages in Ancient Economy;
12. Transition from Ancient to Medieval;
13. Introducing Early Medieval Indian Society;
14. How Feudal was Indian Feudalism;
15. . Historical Archaeology and Urban Decay;
16. Social Changes in Early Medieval India (c. AD 500-1200);
17. . Need for an Integrated Approach;
18. Main Trends in Indian History;
19. From Kin to Class;
20. Rahula Sanskrityayana and Social Changes;
21. Rethinking the Past; Index

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History--India
India--History
Indian History

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