Perspectives in Social and Economic History of Early India |
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Chapter | 3 |
aspects ignored 13 Little study of social evolution 16 Glorification | 20 |
Traits and origin of the caste system 23 Characterisations of the early | 34 |
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According agriculture Ancient India Archaeology areas Arthaśāstra artisans Aryans Aśoka astrologers Bengal Bihar brāhmaṇas brāhmaṇical Bṛhaspati Buddha Buddhist Calcutta canal caste system cattle cent century BC CHAPTER copper crafts creditor cultivation debtor Delhi dharma Dharmaśāstras early mediaeval epigraphic evidence excavations feudal forms of marriage Gangetic basin Gautama gold coins gotras guilds Gupta Harappa Hindu History of India ibid important Indian society inscriptions interest iron irrigation JUPHS Kautilya king kṣatriya Kuṣāņas labour land grants large number later Vedic law-books lawgivers literature loan lower castes Mahābhārata Manu marriage Mathura Maurya Maurya period mentioned middle Gangetic Nārada northern India onwards Pāli Parva Patañjali peasants political post-Gupta post-Maurya practice priests production Purāṇa Purāņas religious rituals Roman royal rulers Sanskrit Satavahana seems settlements slaves south India śūdras suggest tanks taxes Taxila temples texts tion towns trade tribal urban vaiśyas various varṇa varņas villages Vişņu vratas wife woman women