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From lineage to state [electronic resource] : social formations in the mid-first millennium B.C. in the Ganga Valley / Romila Thapar.
Publisher: Bombay ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1984Description: 1 online resource (189 p.) : ill., map.ISBN: 9780199080656 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh) -- History | India -- History -- To 324 B.CAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195626759DDC classification: 934.02 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The author attempts to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and examines the change that took place from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, taking into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The author attempts to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and examines the change that took place from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, taking into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.