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100 1 $aThapar, Romila.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50007613
245 10 $aInterpreting early India /$cRomila Thapar.
260 $aDelhi ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1992.
300 $a181 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Ideology and the Interpretation of Early Indian History -- 2. Durkheim and Weber on Theories of Society and Race Relating to Pre-colonial India -- 3. Imagined Religious Communities? Ancient History and the Modern Search for a Hindu Identity -- 4. The Contribution of D.D. Kosambi to Indology -- 5. Early India: an Overview -- 6. Society and Historical Consciousness: The Itihasa-purana Tradition.
520 $aThe essays in this volume are centrally about the ways in which early Indian history has been interpreted. More generally, they focus on issues in social history.
520 8 $aProfessor Thapar argues the importance of understanding and positioning various well-established perspectives on the Indian past in order to arrive at an informed understanding of contemporary situations - such as disputes between Hindus and other Indian communities. It is vitally important for historians and informed lay readers to consider the wide range of opinions and views that are available on our past, particularly on religion and society in ancient India.
520 8 $aInterpretations rise out of ideological conceptions. Professor Thapar shows that the most influential ideologies which shaped the writing of early India initially had their moorings in European concerns; later, the rise of Indian nationalism questioned many of these conceptions; and most recently, these nationalist interpretations have also been questioned.
520 8 $aThis volume has essays on Durkheim and Weber's views on Indian caste and society; on D.D. Kosambi's contribution to Indian historiography; and on the recent attempts to project a composite Hinduism in early India by ignoring evidence on the existence of multiple communities and diverse identities. Romila Thapar was Professor of Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
651 0 $aIndia$xHistory$yTo 324 B.C.$xHistoriography.
651 0 $aIndia$xHistory$y324 B.C.-1000 A.D.$xHistoriography.
651 0 $aIndia$xSocial conditions$yTo 1200$xHistoriography.
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