A History of India
- Romila Thapar, T. Spear
- Economics
- 30 November 1966
This is a history of India upto 1300 AD, introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamics.
Early India : from the origins to AD 1300
- Romila Thapar
- History
- 2002
"Early India" represents a complete rewriting by Romila Thapar of her classic work, "A History of India" (the first volume in the Penguin History of India series), thirty-five years after it was…
Imagined Religious Communities? Ancient History and the Modern Search for a Hindu Identity
- Romila Thapar
- SociologyModern Asian Studies
- 1 May 1989
My choice of subject for this lecture arose from what I think might have been a matter of some interest to Kingsley Martin; as also from my own concern that the interplay between the past and…
The Theory of Aryan Race and India: History and Politics*
- Romila Thapar
- History
- 1996
The invention of an Aryan race in nineteenth century Europe was to have, as we all know, far-reaching consequences on world history. Its application to European societies culminated in the ideology…
The History Debate and School Textbooks in India: A Personal Memoir
- Romila Thapar
- Education
- 1 March 2009
The story of how two textbooks on Indian history for Middle School came to be written and why they were replaced touches on much that is happening to history textbooks in many parts of the world.
Interpreting early India
- Romila Thapar
- HistoryJournal of Asian Studies
- 25 February 1993
Professor Thapar argues the importance of understanding and positioning various well-established perspectives on the Indian past in order to arrive at an informed understanding of contemporary…
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