TY - BOOK AU - Sharma R S TI - Rethinking India's Past T2 - Oxford india paperbacks SN - 9780198068297 U1 - 954 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - History KW - India KW - Indian History N1 - 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 ER -