This volume consists of four of Dr Thapar's published books. All deal with history but not in the conventional meaning of the term. There is an attempt to take up historical questions, but the author explores them in their varying manifestations and from multiple perspectives although keeping the historical perspectives constantly in view.

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"This book is essential reading for understanding the nuances intricacies of ancient Indian history, historiography, society, and culture. Thapar's critical insights povide the necessary, analytical tools for evaluating India's past. She explains how best to study India's history, how to understand the dynamics of Indian society, and how to differentiate normative values from historical realities of the past. She has succeeded admirably."-- The Historian "This book is essential reading for understanding the nuances intricacies of ancient Indian history, historiography, society, and culture. Thapar's critical insights povide the necessary, analytical tools for evaluating India's past. She explains how best to study India's history, how to understand the dynamics of Indian society, and how to differentiate normative values from historical realities of the past. She has succeeded admirably."-- The Historian "This book is essential reading for understanding the nuances intricacies of ancient Indian history, historiography, society, and culture. Thapar's critical insights povide the necessary, analytical tools for evaluating India's past. She explains how best to study India's history, how to understand the dynamics of Indian society, and how to differentiate normative values from historical realities of the past. She has succeeded admirably."-- The Historian "This book is essential reading for understanding the nuances intricacies of ancient Indian history, historiography, society, and culture. Thapar's critical insights povide the necessary, analytical tools for evaluating India's past. She explains how best to study India's history, how to understand the dynamics of Indian society, and how to differentiate normative values from historical realities of the past. She has succeeded admirably."-- The Historian

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