From Lineage to State Social Formations of the Mid-First Millenium BC in the Ganga Valley |
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| Author:
| Thapar, Romila |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-562675-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1991 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press India
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.05AUD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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This is an attempt to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and in the seminal area of the Ganges Valley. It examines the major change from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, and takes into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.
This is an attempt to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and in the seminal area of the Ganges Valley. It examines the major change from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, and takes into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.