From The Origins To Ad 1300

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520242258
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From the Origins to AD 1300 written by Romila Thapar and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book represents a complete rewriting by the author of her A History of India, vol. 1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 542-544) and index.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143029892
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin History of Early India written by Romila Thapar and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2003 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Largely Rewritten Version Of A Classic History Of Early India Concerned Not Only With The Past But Also With The Interaction Of The Past And The Present. Romila Thapar S Penguin History Of Early India Brings To Life Many Centuries Of The Indian Past. Dynastic History Provides A Chronological Frame But The Essential Thrust Of The Book Is The Explanation Of The Changes In Society And Economy. The Mutation Of Religious Beliefs And Practices, The Exploration Of Areas Of Knowledge In Which India Excelled, Its Creative Literature, Are All Woven Into A Historical Context. In This Version, The Opening Chapters Explain How The Interpretations Of Early Indian History Have Changed. Further, Although The Diversity Of Sources And Their Readings Are Well Known, Nevertheless, This Narrative Provides Fresh Readings And Raises New Questions. Romila Thapar Gives A Vivid And Nuanced Picture Of The Rich Mosaic Of Varied Landscapes, Languages, Kingdoms And Beliefs, And The Interaction Between These That Went Into The Making Of A Remarkable Civilization.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141949767
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of India written by Romila Thapar and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1990-06-28 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of India upto 1300 AD introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamics

Author : R.S. Sharma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199087865
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India's Ancient Past written by R.S. Sharma and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan civilization. In addition, the rise of Jainism and Buddhism, Magadha and the beginning of territorial states, and the period of Mauryas, Central Asian countries, Satvahanas, Guptas, and Harshavardhana are also analysed. Next, it stresses varna system, urbanization, commerce and trade, developments in science and philosophy, and cultural legacy. Finally, the process of transition from ancient to medieval India and the origin of the Aryan culture has also been examined.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143064688
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somanatha written by Romila Thapar and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sober, Analytical Demonstration Of The Various Tellings Of The Sack Of Somnath & [Explores] Not Just The Politics Of Memory, But Also How Remembrances Play On The Certitude Of Facts Shahid Amin In Outlook In 1026, Mahmud Of Ghazni Raided The Temple Of Somanatha. The History Of This Raid And Subsequent Events At The Site Have Been Reconstructed In The Last Couple Of Centuries Largely On The Basis Of The Turko-Persian Sources. There Were Other Sources That Also Refer To Events At Somanatha Throughout A Period Of Almost A Thousand Years, But These Have Rarely Been Quoted When Reconstructing This History. Until Very Recent Times, There Were Few Attempts To Either Juxtapose Or Integrate These Other Texts In Order To Arrive At A More Complete Understanding Of The History Of Somanatha. Such Sources Include Local Sanskrit Inscriptions, Biographies Of Kings And Merchants Written From A Jaina Perspective, Epics Of Rajput-Turkish Relations Composed At Various Rajput Courts And Popular Narratives Of The Activities Of Pirs And Gurus, All Of Which, In Some Way, Have A Bearing On The History Of Somanatha. This Book Is An Attempt To Draw Together These Numerous Voices, To View The Sources Comparatively, But Above All To Place Each Narrative In A Historical Context. This Also Involves Exploring Why A Particular, And Often Distinctive, Perspective Was Adopted By Each. It Suggests A Different History Of Somanatha From The One That Has Been Projected Through The Last Two Centuries. It Also Effectively Underlines The Significance Of Examining The Historical Perceptions Of How Authors Present Events, Both In The Narratives Written In The Past And In The Interpretations Of Past Events In Present Times. A Remarkable Example Of Assiduous And Open-Ended Historiography Hindustan Times

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Popular Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 9788171545568
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recent Perspectives of Early Indian History written by Romila Thapar and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.

Author : Robert Allan Maxwell
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271036362
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representing History, 900-1300 written by Robert Allan Maxwell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings together the disciplines of art, music, and history to explore the importance of the past to conceptions of the present in the central Middle Ages"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125008088
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Indian Social History written by Romila Thapar and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 1978 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers that interprets afresh, known facts about the early period of Indian history up to the end of the first millennium AD. The papers discuss several associated themes such as society and religion, social classification and mobility and the study of regional history. A useful reference book for postgraduate students of History.

Author : Audrey Truschke
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231551959
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of History written by Audrey Truschke and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over five hundred years, Muslim dynasties ruled parts of northern and central India, starting with the Ghurids in the 1190s through the fracturing of the Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth century. Scholars have long drawn upon works written in Persian and Arabic about this epoch, yet they have neglected the many histories that India’s learned elite wrote about Indo-Muslim rule in Sanskrit. These works span the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire and discuss Muslim-led kingdoms in the Deccan and even as far south as Tamil Nadu. They constitute a major archive for understanding significant cultural and political changes that shaped early modern India and the views of those who lived through this crucial period. Audrey Truschke offers a groundbreaking analysis of these Sanskrit texts that sheds light on both historical Muslim political leaders on the subcontinent and how premodern Sanskrit intellectuals perceived the “Muslim Other.” She analyzes and theorizes how Sanskrit historians used the tools of their literary tradition to document Muslim governance and, later, as Muslims became an integral part of Indian cultural and political worlds, Indo-Muslim rule. Truschke demonstrates how this new archive lends insight into formulations and expressions of premodern political, social, cultural, and religious identities. By elaborating the languages and identities at play in premodern Sanskrit historical works, this book expands our historical and conceptual resources for understanding premodern South Asia, Indian intellectual history, and the impact of Muslim peoples on non-Muslim societies. At a time when exclusionary Hindu nationalism, which often grounds its claims on fabricated visions of India’s premodernity, dominates the Indian public sphere, The Language of History shows the complexity and diversity of the subcontinent’s past.

Author : Ranabir Chakravarti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789384082673
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Early India, Up to C. AD 1300 written by Ranabir Chakravarti and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of Exploring Early India up to c. AD 1300 offers a broad overview and connected narrative of early Indian history, taking into consideration major historical developments from the earliest times to c. AD 1300. Salient features of political, socio-economic and cultural history have been discussed elaborately, and regional diversities in early Indian history have been commented upon, keeping in sight the commonalties at the subcontinental level. Rich in empirical details and containing relevant illustrations and maps, the book delves into the historiographical thrusts and shifts in the study of early India and is marked by attempts to demonstrate elements of change in early Indian history beyond dynastic shifts. It also offers critical readings of diverse primary sources from the fields of archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics and art-history, and the various congruent, and contesting, images of the past which they generate. This book also includes two new appendices respectively on the Kushana political history and the seafaring to the island of Socotra in the light of recently discovered epigraphic data.