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Revisiting Max Weber's Religion of India by Thapar, Romila

“…Weber's study of the religion of India, includes his views on the state in India and caste. The discussion is based as expected, on the information and…”
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Reflections on Looking Again at the Aryan Question by Thapar, Romila

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Migrants in the Creation of Cultures by Thapar, Romila

“…Migrations have had a role in forming the economies and cultures of practically all countries. Their nature and effects must be studied objectively. In her…”
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Can genetics help us understand Indian social history? by Thapar, Romila

“…Attempts have been made recently to determine the identity of the so-called "Aryans" as components of the Indian population by using DNA analysis. This is…”
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Banning Books by Thapar, Romila

“…One of the more disturbing developments of recent times in India has been the frequency with which books are banned or publishers are forced to withdraw them…”
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To Question or Not To Question?: That Is the Question by Thapar, Romila

“…Public intellectuals frequently concern themselves with issues related to human rights and to the functioning of society such that it ensures the primacy of…”
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The Secular Mode for India by Thapar, Romila

“…[...]the social forms of religious articulation and organisation have been historically different in India and in many other parts of the world, from that of…”
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War in the "Mahabharata" by Thapar, Romila

“…The Mahabharata , composed in sanskrit, is generally described as an epic. Other sanskrit texts refer to it occasionally as a kavya , or poem, and more often…”
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Reporting History: Early India by Thapar, Romila

“…Colonial scholars were told that there were no histories of India written in ancient times. [...]it was argued that since there was an absence of historical…”
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The history debate and school textbooks in India: A personal memoir by Thapar, Romila

“…The article is a brief overview of a project initiated by the Government of India in the early 1960s to draw on the expertise of professional historians and…”
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Early Indian history and the legacy of DD Kosambi by Thapar, Romila

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A history of India: Romila Thapar, Percival Spear by Thapar, Romila, Spear, Percival

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The Mauryan empire in early India by Thapar, Romila

“…This article attempts to differentiate a kingdom from an empire by arguing that an empire is a more evolved form of the state than a kingdom. An essential…”
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Targeting Institutions of Higher Education: Fear of the Intellectual by THAPAR, ROMILA

“…The ideology central to the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has no space or use for liberal thought and values. Education for such…”
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Fallacies of Hindutva Historiography by THAPAR, ROMILA

“…Would the Hindutva historians, who claim that the Puranas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are true historical records needing no further interpretation, be…”
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To Question or Not to Question? That Is the Question by THAPAR, ROMILA

“…Public intellectuals are not absent in Indian society, nor are they alien imports. But where there should be voices, there is now often silence. Are we all…”
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Politics and the rewriting of history in India by Thapar, Romila

“…Up until the 20th century, modern Indian history grew out of the inclusive, mainstream nationalism. This criticized colonial interpretations that were negative…”
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WHY EDUCATE? by THAPAR, ROMILA

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Perceiving the Forest: Early India by Thapar, Romila

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National Curriculum Framework & the Social Sciences by Thapar, Romila

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