{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-the-study-of-indian-history","title":"An Introduction to the study of Indian History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: D D Kosambi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Popular Prakashan\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 415\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8171540384\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis significant work outlines a fundamentally new approach to the study of Indian history, and is intended to serve as a critical guide to scientific historical thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Introduction to the study of Indian History is a reprint of the second revised edition of a great work on Indian history. A fundamentally new approach to the study of Indian History, its scientific methodology, modern technique of interpretation, selection and analysis of basis problems make the presentation vivid and absorbing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor D.D. Kosambi has asked significant, new questions and added materially to the answers given in the past by others to several questions He has corrected many a previous error and thrown open new fields for research. One of the principal tasks of this book is to serve as a critical guide to scientific historical thought. The work marks the highest level of approach to social, political and economic processes starting from the material plane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader is shown how to gain a profound insight into the past by examination of the monuments, customs and records which survive. At the same time, the present is shown to be the inevitable result of a steady historical development. Complete grasp of the material and mastery of detail shown in the survey of the movement from a pre-historic tribal society to the machine age make this volume a unique contribution to contemporary historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fruit of patient research and the mature reflection of a profoundly original mind, this volume is one of his major works – a scientific synthesis gained by unremitting search for fact and meaning. It is no exaggeration to state that this work on Indian history has earned universal recognition and honor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION \u003cbr\u003ePREFACE TO THE FIST EDITION\u003cbr\u003ePUBLISHER’S NOTE\u003cbr\u003eABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003eCHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAKING OF HISTORY [ILLUSTRATIONS]\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTARY TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 SCOPE AND METHODS\u003cbr\u003e2 THE HERITAGE OF PRE-CLASS SOCIETY\u003cbr\u003e3 CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM IN THE INDUS VAILEY\u003cbr\u003e4 THE ARYANS IN THE LAND OF THE SEVEN RIVERS\u003cbr\u003e5 THE ARYAN EXPANSION\u003cbr\u003e6 THE RISE OF MAGADHA\u003cbr\u003e7 THE FORMATION OF A VILLAGE ECONOMY\u003cbr\u003e8 INTERLUDE OF TRADE AND INVASIONS\u003cbr\u003e9 FEUDALISM FROM ABOVE\u003cbr\u003e10 FEUDALISM FROM BELOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"D D Kosambi \/ Popular Prakashan \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153589399920,"sku":"9761","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/9761.jpg?v=1793911408","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-study-of-indian-history","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}