TY - BOOK AU - Veluthat ,Keasavan TI - Notes of Dissent: Essays in Indian History SN - 9789386552709 U1 - 954 PY - 2018/// CY - Delhi PB - Primus Books KW - India -- History KW - India N2 - Brought together here are ten essays, characterized by their dissent to the commonly accepted notions in the field, a first requirement for the growth of knowledge. Issues such as the dialectical process in the religious history of India; the much talked about Mauryan presence in south India; the contradictions in the construction of Kaliyuga in Puranic literature; political criticism in Sanskrit kavya poetry; regional identity and its varied perceptions; evolution of landlordism; emergence of castes and the use of 'Hindu' idioms in Christian worship and propaganda form the theme of these essays ER -