TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thapar,Romila 
TI  - Ancient Indian Social History:  Some Interpretations
SN  - 9788125039624
U1  - 934 
PY  - 1978///
PB  - Orient Black swan
N1  - Introduction to the Second Edition  / ix

Interpretations of Ancient Social History / 1
Society and Law in the Hindu and Buddhist Traditions / 23
Ethics, Religion and Social Protest in the First Millennium B.C. in Northern India / 36
Renunciation: The Making of a Counter-culture / 56
Dana and Daksi?a as Forms of Exchange / 94
Social Mobility in Ancient India with Special Reference to Elite Groups / 109
The Image of the Barbarian in Early India /  137
The Historian and Archaeological Data / 173
The Study of Society in Ancient India / 189
Puranic Lineages and Archaeological Cultures / 214
The Tradition of Historical Writing in Early India / 237
Origin Myths and the Early Indian Historical Tradition / 259
Genealogy as a Source of Social History / 286
The Scope and Significance of Regional History / 317
Great Eastern Trade: Other Times, Other Places (Maritime Trade in the First Millennium A.D.) / 332
The Museum and History / 351
The Future of the Indian Past / 369
Recognizing Historical Traditions in Early India / 398
ER  -