The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India

by Romila Thapar

The claim, often made, that India--uniquely among civilizations--lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question, according to Romila Thapar: how to recognize the historical sense of societies whose past is recorded in ways very different from European conventions. In The Past Before Us, a distinguished scholar of ancient India guides us through a panoramic survey of the historical traditions of North India. Thapar reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674725239
• ISBN13: 9780674725232
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.0" x 8.3"