The past before us : historical traditions of early north India / / Romila Thapar |
Autore | Thapar Romila |
Edizione | [First Harvard University Press edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (784 p.) |
Disciplina | 934.0072 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and history - India, Northeastern
Collective memory - India, North |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-674-72652-9
0-674-72651-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Searching for Early Indian Historical Writing -- 2 Towards Historical Traditions -- 3 Fragmentary Narratives from the Vedas -- 4 The Mahābhārata -- 5 The Rāmāyaṇa -- PART III Interlude: The Emerging Historical Tradition -- 6 Genealogies in the Making of a Historical Tradition: The Vaṃśānucarita of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa -- 7 Early Inscriptions as Historical Statements (Up to c. the Sixth Century ad) -- 8 History as Literature: The Plays of Viśākhadatta -- 9 The Buddhist Tradition: Monks as Historians -- 10 The Monastic Chronicles of Sri Lanka -- 11 Buddhist Biographies -- 12 Historical Biographies: The Harṣacarita and the Rāmacarita -- 13 Biographies as Histories -- 14 Inscriptions as Official Histories—and the Voice of the Bard -- 15 Vaṃśāvalīs Chronicles of Place and Person—The Rājataraṅgiṇī -- 16 The Chamba Vaṃśāvalī -- 17 The Prabandha-cintāmaṇi -- 18 Therefore Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464311403321 |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 | ||
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The past before us : historical traditions of early north India / / Romila Thapar |
Autore | Thapar Romila |
Edizione | [First Harvard University Press edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (784 p.) |
Disciplina | 934.0072 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and history - India, Northeastern
Collective memory - India, North |
ISBN |
0-674-72652-9
0-674-72651-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Searching for Early Indian Historical Writing -- 2 Towards Historical Traditions -- 3 Fragmentary Narratives from the Vedas -- 4 The Mahābhārata -- 5 The Rāmāyaṇa -- PART III Interlude: The Emerging Historical Tradition -- 6 Genealogies in the Making of a Historical Tradition: The Vaṃśānucarita of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa -- 7 Early Inscriptions as Historical Statements (Up to c. the Sixth Century ad) -- 8 History as Literature: The Plays of Viśākhadatta -- 9 The Buddhist Tradition: Monks as Historians -- 10 The Monastic Chronicles of Sri Lanka -- 11 Buddhist Biographies -- 12 Historical Biographies: The Harṣacarita and the Rāmacarita -- 13 Biographies as Histories -- 14 Inscriptions as Official Histories—and the Voice of the Bard -- 15 Vaṃśāvalīs Chronicles of Place and Person—The Rājataraṅgiṇī -- 16 The Chamba Vaṃśāvalī -- 17 The Prabandha-cintāmaṇi -- 18 Therefore Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789467503321 |
Thapar Romila
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The past before us : historical traditions of early north India / / Romila Thapar |
Autore | Thapar Romila |
Edizione | [First Harvard University Press edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (784 p.) |
Disciplina | 934.0072 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and history - India, Northeastern
Collective memory - India, North |
ISBN |
0-674-72652-9
0-674-72651-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Searching for Early Indian Historical Writing -- 2 Towards Historical Traditions -- 3 Fragmentary Narratives from the Vedas -- 4 The Mahābhārata -- 5 The Rāmāyaṇa -- PART III Interlude: The Emerging Historical Tradition -- 6 Genealogies in the Making of a Historical Tradition: The Vaṃśānucarita of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa -- 7 Early Inscriptions as Historical Statements (Up to c. the Sixth Century ad) -- 8 History as Literature: The Plays of Viśākhadatta -- 9 The Buddhist Tradition: Monks as Historians -- 10 The Monastic Chronicles of Sri Lanka -- 11 Buddhist Biographies -- 12 Historical Biographies: The Harṣacarita and the Rāmacarita -- 13 Biographies as Histories -- 14 Inscriptions as Official Histories—and the Voice of the Bard -- 15 Vaṃśāvalīs Chronicles of Place and Person—The Rājataraṅgiṇī -- 16 The Chamba Vaṃśāvalī -- 17 The Prabandha-cintāmaṇi -- 18 Therefore Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813363503321 |
Thapar Romila
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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