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The Hindu equilibrium [electronic resource] : India c. 1500 B.C.-2000 A.D. / Deepak Lal.
By: Lal, Deepak
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: Abridged and rev. ed.Description: 1 online resource (xliii, 440 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780191706097 (ebook) :.Subject(s): India -- Economic conditions | India -- Social conditions | India -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199275793DDC classification: 330.954 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book explains India's long economic stagnation and recent rise by examining its social, political and historical evolution in long term perspective. It explains how its distinct social system based on caste arose and why it still is of importance in its political and social arrangements, despite India's recent move from the plan to market.
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Previous ed. published in 2 v. with part titles: Cultural stability and economic stagnation and Aspects of Indian labour.
This book explains India's long economic stagnation and recent rise by examining its social, political and historical evolution in long term perspective. It explains how its distinct social system based on caste arose and why it still is of importance in its political and social arrangements, despite India's recent move from the plan to market.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.