Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient IndiaThis Is A Survey Of Theories Of Social Change Which Underlines The Key Role Of Production Techniques Together With Climatic Conditions In Shaping Ancient Social Formations. Vedic, Epic And Buddhist Texts Are Examined In The Light Of Material Remains, Tribal Studies And Archaic Social Survivals. |
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Problems of Social Formations in Early India | 1 |
Forms of Property and Subsistence in the Early | 22 |
Booty Capture Distribution and Differentiation | 36 |
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agriculture Ancient India archaeological areas Aryans Atharva Veda Atranjikhera belonging Bihar black-and-red ware brāhmaṇas Buddha Buddhist called century B.C. context cows cultivation Dasyus Delhi Dictionary Dist distribution early Pāli texts eastern epics evidence Excavations Gangetic basin Gangetic plains gifts grāma Harappan Haryana History Ibid Indo-Aryan Languages Indo-European iron artifacts iron objects king kinship kinsmen kşatriya labour land later Vedic texts Madhubala Mahābhārata material culture middle Gangetic basin middle Gangetic plains millennium B.C. mode of production Monier-Williams monks NBP phase paddy Painted Grey Ware Pāli Panjab Parva Patna peasantry peasants PGW levels PGW sites plough ploughshare portions post-Vedic pottery pre-Maurya priests princes Radiocarbon Rajghat Rāmāyaṇa red wares references Rg Veda Ṛg Vedic rice rituals sacrifice settlements share social formations Sonpur śūdras suggest surplus Sutta taxes term tribal chief tribal society tribes vaiśyas Varanasi varņa Vedic period Vedic society wares Nil