Sharma R S <br/><br/>
Rethinking India's Past 

 - New Delhi  Oxford University Press  2010 
 - ix, 299p. 
 - Oxford india paperbacks .
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/><br/>Cover<br/>Rethinking India's Past<br/>Sharma<br/>Table of Contents<br/>Publisher's Note, Introduction: Looking at Ancient Social Formations;<br/>1. Sources and Review of Early Socio-Economic History;<br/>2. Exploiting History Through Archaeology;<br/>3. Writings on Early Indian Polity;<br/>4. Studies in Ancient Polity;<br/>5. . Early Story of Oriental Despotism: A Critique;<br/>6. Writings on Sudras;<br/>7. Historiography of the Ancient Social Order;<br/>8. Light on Sati System;<br/>9. Some Western Views on the State and Economy in Early India;<br/>10. . Mode of Production in Ancient India;<br/>11. Stages in Ancient Economy;<br/>12. Transition from Ancient to Medieval;<br/>13. Introducing Early Medieval Indian Society;<br/>14. How Feudal was Indian Feudalism;<br/>15. . Historical Archaeology and Urban Decay;<br/>16. Social Changes in Early Medieval India (c. AD 500-1200);<br/>17. . Need for an Integrated Approach;<br/>18. Main Trends in Indian History;<br/>19. From Kin to Class;<br/>20. Rahula Sanskrityayana and Social Changes;<br/>21. Rethinking the Past; Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780198068297 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History--India<br/>India--History<br/>Indian History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954  / SHA/R