Title: From Lineage to State
Subtitle: social formations in the mid-first millennium B.C. in the Ganga Valley
First published: 1984
Description: The author attempts to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and examines the change that took place from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, taking into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.
Subjects: History, Ganges river (india and bangladesh), India, history, India, social conditions, Social conditions, Civilization, history
Places: Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh), India
Time periods: To 324 B.C., To 1200
LC classification: DS485.G25 T46 1984