IntroductionREPLACELESSTHANuREPLACEGREATERTHANSECTION I: HISTORIOGRAPHY:REPLACELESSTHAN/uREPLACEGREATERTHAN1. Decolonising the Past2. Society and Historical Consciousness3. The Contribution of D.D. Kosambi to IndologyREPLACELESSTHANuREPLACEGREATERTHANSECTION II: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY:REPLACELESSTHAN/uREPLACEGREATERTHAN4. Society in Ancient India5. Lineage Society6.

The Evolution of the State in the Ganga Valley7. Black Gold: South Asia and the Roman Maritime TradeREPLACELESSTHANuREPLACEGREATERTHANSECTION III: CHANGING POLITICAL FORMATIONS:REPLACELESSTHAN/uREPLACEGREATERTHAN8. The Mauryan Empire in Early India9. Society and Economic Activity10. Text and Context: Megasthenes and the Seven Castes11. Asoka: A RetrospectiveREPLACELESSTHANuREPLACEGREATERTHANSECTION IV: RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY:REPLACELESSTHAN/uREPLACEGREATERTHAN12. Ideology. Society and the Upanisads13.

The Householder and the Renouncer14. Patronage and the CommunityREPLACELESSTHANuREPLACEGREATERTHANSECTION V: TOWARDS FURTHER CHANGE:REPLACELESSTHAN/uREPLACEGREATERTHAN15. Inscriptions as Historical Writing in Early India, 3rd BC to 6th AD16. Threshold TimesREPLACELESSTHANiREPLACEGREATERTHANIndexREPLACELESSTHAN/iREPLACEGREATERTHAN.