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Combined methods in Indology and other writings / compiled, edited, and introduced by Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kosambi, D. D. (Damodar Dharmanand), 1907-1966.
- Language:
- English
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- India--Civilization.
- India.
- Civilization.
- India--History.
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- India--Civilization.
- India--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 832 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- Includes passages in Sanskrit.
- Contents:
- Section I Concerning Method
- 1 Combined Methods in Indology 3
- 2 Living Prehistory in India 30
- 3 On a Marxist Approach to Indian Chronology 49
- 4 Stages of Indian History 57
- Section II Themes in History
- 5 The Vedic 'Five Tribes' 75
- 6 Early Brahmins and Brahminism 87
- 7 On the Origin of Brahmin Gotras 98
- 8 Development of the Gotra System 167
- 9 Brahmin Clans 178
- 10 Early Stages of the Caste System in Northern India 189
- 11 The Beginning of the Iron Age in India 212
- 12 Ancient Kosala and Magadha 221
- 13 The Line of Arthasastra Teachers 260
- 14 Kaniska and the Saka Era 279
- 15 The Working Class in the Amarakosa 283
- 16 Origins of Feudalism in Kasmir 295
- 17 The Basis of Ancient Indian History 308
- 19 The Autochthonous Element in the Mahabharata 348
- 20 The Avatara Syncretism and Possible Sources of the Bhagavad-Gita 373
- 21 The Historical Krishna 390
- 22 The Study of Ancient Indian Tradition 407
- Section III Archaeology, Epigraphy, Numismatics and Ethnography
- 23 Pierced Microliths from the Deccan Plateau 433
- 24 Megaliths in the Poona District 438
- 25 Prehistoric Rock Engravings Near Poona 444
- 26 Staple 'Grains' in the Western Deccan 447
- 27 Dhenukakata 450
- 28 The Buddhist Caves of Western India 476
- 29 Notes on the Kandahar Edict of Asoka 482
- 30 Indian Feudal Trade Charters 486
- 31 An Inscription at Palasdev of Saka 1079 498
- 32 Asokan Pillar: Banaras Mystery 504
- 33 Scientific Numismatics 508
- 34 'Indo-Aryan' Nose Index 524
- Section IV Texts, Words and Literary Criticism
- 35 On the Authorship of the Satakatrayi 555
- 36 Some Extant Versions of Bhartrhari's Satakas 568
- 37 The Parvasamgraha of the Mahabharata 595
- 38 Parvasamgraha Figures for the Bhismaparvan of the Mahabharata 661
- 39 The Sanskrit Equivalents of Two Pali Words 670
- 40 The Text of the Arthasastra 677
- 41 The Cintamanisaranika of Dasabala 685
- 42 The Quality of Renunciation in Bhartrhari's Poetry 703
- 43 Introducing Vidyakara's Subhasitaratnakosa 721
- Section V Reviews and Rejoinders
- 44 The Emergence of National Characteristics Among Three Indo-European Peoples 753
- 45 Race and Immunity in India 764
- 46 Caste and Class in India 773
- 47 Geldner's Rgveda 780
- 48 Marxism and Ancient Indian Culture 784
- 49 What Constitutes Indian History 790
- 50 The Basis of Despotism 797
- 51 On the Development of Feudalism in India 802
- 52 Primitive Communism 812
- Archaeological Review 825.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0195642392
- OCLC:
- 49514712
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