TY - BOOK AU - Lal,Deepak AU - Lal,Deepak AU - Lal,Deepak TI - The Hindu equilibrium: India c. 1500 B.C.-2000 A.D. SN - 9780191706097 (ebook) : AV - HC433 U1 - 330.954 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - India KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - History N1 - Previous ed. published in 2 v. with part titles: Cultural stability and economic stagnation and Aspects of Indian labour; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275793.001.0001 ER -