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100			_aThapar, Romila _92382
245			_aCultural pasts : _bessays in early Indian history / _cby Romila Thapar
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press, _c2010.
300			_axii, 1156 p. : ill.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aIndia _xAncient History _919043
651			_aIndia _xHistory _yTo 324 B.C. _919044
651			_aIndia _xCivilization _919045
651			_aIndia _xHistory _y324 B.C.-1000 A.D. _919046
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