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Informationen zum Autor Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She also holds the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress, and is Professorial Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. An Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, she has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell University. Klappentext This reader brings together essays on various aspects of ancient Indian history. It discusses historiography; society and economy; changing political formations; religion, philosophy and society; and the changes which paved way for new socio-economic and political formations. Zusammenfassung This reader brings together essays on various aspects of ancient Indian history. It discusses historiography; society and economy; changing political formations; religion, philosophy and society; and the changes which paved way for new socio-economic and political formations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction SECTION I: HISTORIOGRAPHY: 1: Decolonising the Past 2: Society and Historical Consciousness 3: The Contribution of D.D. Kosambi to Indology SECTION II: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY: 4: Society in Ancient India 5: Lineage Society 6: The Evolution of the State in the Ganga Valley 7: Black Gold: South Asia and the Roman Maritime Trade SECTION III: CHANGING POLITICAL FORMATIONS: 8: The Mauryan Empire in Early India 9: Society and Economic Activity 10: Text and Context: Megasthenes and the Seven Castes 11: Asoka: A Retrospective SECTION IV: RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY: 12: Ideology. Society and the Upanisads 13: The Householder and the Renouncer 14: Patronage and the Community SECTION V: TOWARDS FURTHER CHANGE: 15: Inscriptions as Historical Writing in Early India, 3rd BC to 6th AD 16: Threshold Times Index
