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The past before us : historical traditions of early north India /

Biographical note: Romila Thapar is Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thapar, Romila (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Edición:First Harvard University Press edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface / Thapar, Romila
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Searching for Early Indian Historical Writing
  • 2 Towards Historical Traditions
  • 3 Fragmentary Narratives from the Vedas
  • 4 The Mahābhārata
  • 5 The Rāmāyaṇa
  • PART III Interlude: The Emerging Historical Tradition
  • 6 Genealogies in the Making of a Historical Tradition: The Vaṃśānucarita of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa
  • 7 Early Inscriptions as Historical Statements (Up to c. the Sixth Century ad)
  • 8 History as Literature: The Plays of Viśākhadatta
  • 9 The Buddhist Tradition: Monks as Historians
  • 10 The Monastic Chronicles of Sri Lanka
  • 11 Buddhist Biographies
  • 12 Historical Biographies: The Harṣacarita and the Rāmacarita
  • 13 Biographies as Histories
  • 14 Inscriptions as Official Histories--and the Voice of the Bard
  • 15 Vaṃśāvalīs Chronicles of Place and Person--The Rājataraṅgiṇī
  • 16 The Chamba Vaṃśāvalī
  • 17 The Prabandha-cintāmaṇi
  • 18 Therefore Looking Back and Looking Forward
  • Bibliography
  • Index.