TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thapar, Romila 
TI  - Readings in Early Indian History
SN  - 9780198083764 (pbk.)
U1  - 934 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Civilizational Beginning
KW  - History
KW  - India
KW  - India -- History
N1  - Essays; previously published; I. Historiography --
1. Decolonizing the Past --
2. The Contribution of D.D. Kosambi to Indology --
3. Society and Historical Consciousness: The Itihasa-purana Tradition --
II. Economy and Society --
4. Society in Ancient India: The Formative Period --
5. Lineage Society --
6. The Evolution of the State in the Ganga Valley in the Mid-first Millennium BC --
7. Black Gold: South Asia and the Roman Maritime Trade --
III. Changing Political Formations --
8. The Mauryan Empire in Early India --
9. Society and Economic Activity in the Late First Millennium BC --
10. Text and Context: Megasthenes and the Seven Castes --
11. Asoka: A Retrospective --
IV. Religion, Philosophy, and Society --
12. Sacrifice, Surplus, and the Soul --
13. The Householder and the Renouncer in the Brahmanical and Buddhist Traditions --
14. Patronage and the Community --
V. Towards Further Change --
15. Sakuntala: Histories of a Narrative --
16. Somanatha: Narratives of a History
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