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The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India
Romila Thapar
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Description for The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India
Hardback. The claim that India uniquely lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question: how to recognize the historical sense of societies whose past is recorded in ways very different from European conventions. The author, distinguished scholar of ancient India, provides a panoramic survey of historical traditions in North India. Num Pages: 736 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBAH; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 48. Weight in Grams: 996.
The claim, often made, that India--uniquely among civilizations--lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question, according to Romila Thapar: how to recognize the historical sense of societies whose past is recorded in ways very different from European conventions. In The Past Before Us, a distinguished scholar of ancient India guides us through a panoramic survey of the historical traditions of North India. Thapar reveals a deep and sophisticated consciousness of history embedded in the diverse body of classical Indian literature.
The history recorded in such texts as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata is less concerned with authenticating ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
736
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
995g
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674725232
SKU
V9780674725232
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About Romila Thapar
Romila Thapar is Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Reviews for The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India
From a scholar at the pinnacle of her field comes the much-anticipated book on ancient Indian historiography, The Past Before Us
a rich feast, and a work of the highest scholarship. It will be cited and commented on for years to come. Anyone interested in the question of historical consciousness and historical writings cross-culturally, or in ancient India, will have to ... Read more
a rich feast, and a work of the highest scholarship. It will be cited and commented on for years to come. Anyone interested in the question of historical consciousness and historical writings cross-culturally, or in ancient India, will have to ... Read more