Thapar, Romila <br/><br/>
Cultural pasts :   essays in early Indian history / 
by Romila Thapar  
 - New Delhi :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - xii, 1156 p. : ill. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents : Chapter 1. Histography--Chapter 2. Social and cultural transactions--Chapter 3. Archaeology and history --Chapter 4. pre-Mauryan and Mauryan India--Chapter 5. Forms of exchange--Chapter 6. The society of heroes in the epics and the later tradition of venerating heroes-- Chapter 7. Genealogics and origin myths--Chapter 8. The social context of the renouncer--Chapter 9.  The present in the past. 
<br/><br/> This collection of papers and lectures on early lectures on early Indian history by one of India's foremost historians focuses on historiography and the changing dimensions of social and cultural history.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195664874 0195664876 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India--Ancient History
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India --History--To 324 B.C.<br/>India--Civilization<br/>India --History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>934  / THA-C