The past before us
Subtitle: historical traditions of early north India
By: Romila Thapar
Publisher: Permanent Black
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ranikhet
Language: eng
Number of pages: 758
ISBN-13: 9788178242958
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Historiography; History; Literature and history; Collective memory
Notes: Articles; some previously published.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 702-736) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The search for a historical tradition; title: part 2. The embedded tradition; title: part 3. Interlude : the emerging historical tradition; title: part 4. Alternative histories; title: part 5. The historical traditions externalized.