num_pages: 188
description: This is an attempt to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and in the seminal area of the Ganges Valley. It examines the major change from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, and takes into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.
language: English
title: From Lineage to State
titlecomplete: From Lineage to State
genres: India, History
ratings_count: 46
publisher: Oxford University Press