Rethinking India’s Past

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. In Defence of Ancient India; 2. Sources and Review of Early Socio-Economic History; 3. Exploiting History Through Archaeology; 4. Writings on Early Indian Polity; 5. Studies in Ancient Polity; 6. Early Story of Oriental Despotism; 7. Writings on Sudras; 8. Historiography of the Ancient Social Order; 9. Light on Sati System; 10. Some Western Views on the State and Economy in Early India; 11. Looking at Ancient Social Formations; 12. Mode of Production in Ancient India; 13. Stages in Ancient Economy; 14. Transition from Ancient to Medieval; 15. Introducing Early Medieval Indian Society; 16. How Feudal was Indian Feudalism; 17. Historical Archaeology and Urban Decay; 18. Social Changes in Early Medieval India (c. AD 500-1200); 19. Need for an Integrated Approach; 20. Main Trends in Indian History; 21. From Kin to Class; 22. Rahula Sanskrityayana; CONCLUSION: SOME QUESTIONS