Ancient Indian Social History
By Romila Thapar.
Description
Pages: 448Introduction to the Second EditionReading these essays, some written forty years ago, means thinking of reformulations. To rewrite them would be a major enterprise and not necessary as I have little disagreement with what I said when the essays were first published. I still endorse what I have said earlier although some nuances may be less or more emphatic. I shall therefore just draw attention to what I would now tend to emphasized as and where I think such emphasis is necessary.The notion of ‘law’ can be misunderstood if treated in its modern sense as regulations bin...
ISBN(s)
812500808X, 9788125008088
