From Lineage to State: Social Formations of the Mid-First Millenium BC in the Ganga Valley
Romila Thapar
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.
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Anno:
1992
Edizione:
New Ed
Casa editrice:
OUP India
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
198
ISBN 10:
0195626753
ISBN 13:
9780195626759
File:
PDF, 6.16 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992