Introduction to the study of Indian history (Record no. 17749)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 8171540384 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954 |
| Item number | KOS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to the study of Indian history |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Bombay |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Popular Prakashan Ltd. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | lxix,415p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION ix PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xi PUBLISHER'S NOTE xvii ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY xix CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE xxvii THE MAKING OF HISTORY [ILLUSTRATIONS] xxxi COMMENTARY TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS lxiii 1. SCOPE AND METHODS 1 Special methods needed for Indian history. 2. Available materials. 3. The underlying philosophy. 2. THE HERITAGE OF PRE-CLASS SOCIETY 17 1.Prehistoric archaeology. 2. Tribal Society. 3. Tribal survivals. 4. The Vetala cult. 5. Higher local cults. 6. Festivals and rites. 3. CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM IN THE INDUS VALLEY53 1.The Indus cities. 2. Indus trade and religion. 3. Maintenance of a class structure. 4. Food production. 4. THE ARYANS IN THE LAND OF THE SEVEN RIVERS 80 1. Aryans outside India. 2. Rgvedic information 3. Panis and new tribes. 4. Origins of caste. 5. Brahmin clans. 5. THE ARYAN EXPANSION 110 1. Aryan as a mode of living. 2. Study of legend and myth. 3. Yajurvedic settlements. 4. The eastward drive. 5. Tribes and dynasties. 6. The mark of primitive tribes. 7. The new brahminism. 8. Beyond brah-minism; ritual, food production and trade. 9. The need for a radical change. 6. THE RISE OF MAGADHA 144 1.New institutions and sources. 2.Tribes and kingdoms. 3. Kosala and Magadha. 4.Destruction of tribalpower. 5.New religions. 6 THE FORMATION OF A VILLAGE ECONOMY 185 1. The first empire. 2. Alexander and the Greek accounts of India. 3. The Asokan transformation of tociety. 4. Authenticity of the Arthasastra. 5. The pre-Asokan state and administration. 6. The class structure. 7. Productive basis of the state. 8. INTERLUDE OF TRADE AND INVASIONS 240 1. After the Mauryans. 2. Superstition in an agrarian society. 3. Caste and the village; the Manusmrti. 4. Changes in religion. 5. The settlement of the Dcccan plateau. 6. Commodity producers and trade. 7. The development of Sanskrit. 8. Social functions of Sanskrit literature. 9. FEUDALISM FROM ABOVE 295 1. Early feudal developments. 2. Growth of villages and barbarism. 3. The India of the Guptas and Har . 4. Religion and the development of village settlement. 5. The concept of property in land. 6. Mayurasarman's settlement of the west coast. 7. Village craftsmen and artisans. 10. FEUDALISM FROM BELOW 353 1. Difference between Indian and English feudalism. 2. The role of trade in feudal society. 3. The Muslims. 4. Change to feudalism from below; slavery. 5. Feudal prince, landlord, and peasant. 6. Degeneracy and collapse. 7. The bourgeois conquest. INDEX 407 |
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| 891 ## - TOPIC | |
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| Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 24/12/2012 | Baroda Book Corp. | 275.00 | 6 | 954 KOS | 010720 | 07/03/2016 | 25/02/2016 | 30/08/2013 | Book | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:6937 |