Combined Methods In Indology And Other Essays

D. D. Kosambi Was A Pioneer In Indian Studies, Introducing New Perspectives And Interdisciplinary Methods. This Book Collects Many Of His Most Important Writings, On A Wide Range Of Topics, From Philology And Text Editing To Religion, Historical Reconstruction, Archaeology, And Anthropology. This Anthology Is The First To Give Readers Easy Access To This Versatile And Influential Body Of Work.--jacket. Concerning Method -- Combined Methods In Indology -- Living Prehistory In India -- On A Marxist Approach To Indian Chronology -- Stages Of Indian History -- Themes In History -- The Vedic 'five Tribes' -- Early Brahmins And Brahminism -- On The Origin Of Brahmin Gotras -- Development Of The Gotra System -- Brahmin Clans -- Early Stages Of The Caste System In Northern India -- The Beginning Of The Iron Age In India -- Ancient Kosala And Magadha -- The Line Of Arthasastra Teachers -- Kaniska And The Saka Era -- The Working Class In The Amarakosa -- Origins Of Feudalism In Kasmir -- The Basis Of Ancient Indian History -- The Autochthonous Element In The Mahabharata -- The Avatara Syncretism And Possible Sources Of The Bhagavad-gita -- The Historical Krishna -- The Study Of Ancient Indian Tradition -- Archaeology, Epigraphy, Numismatics And Ethnography -- Pierced Microliths From The Deccan Plateau -- Megaliths In The Poona District -- Prehistoric Rock Engravings Near Poona -- Staple 'grains' In The Western Deccan -- Dhenukakata -- The Buddhist Caves Of Western India -- Notes On The Kandahar Edict Of Asoka -- Indian Feudal Trade Charters -- An Inscription At Palasdev Of Saka 1079 -- Asokan Pillar: Banaras Mystery -- Scientific Numismatics -- 'indo-aryan' Nose Index -- Texts, Words And Literary Criticism -- On The Authorship Of The Satakatrayi -- Some Extant Versions Of Bhartrhari's Satakas -- The Parvasamgraha Of The Mahabharata -- Parvasamgraha Figures For The Bhismaparvan Of The Mahabharata. D.d. Kosambi ; Compiled, Edited And Introduced By Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya. Includes Bibliographical References.