Ancient India: New Research (Oxford India Paperbacks)

This volume brings together new writings on different aspects of ancient Indian history like gender, archaeology, religion, landscapes, and literature. The contributors, mostly bright young scholars come from fields like history, archaeology, literary studies, and anthropology. They underline important methodological advances in the interpretation of literary and archaeological sources and in raising new and creative historical questions. Together they generate a unique, fresh dialogue, discussion and debate among scholars working within the field of ancient Indian history. The introduction written by Upinder Singh and Nayanjot Lahiri not only surveys the new writings but also raises important questions confronting ancient Indian history today.
This book will be of immense interest to scholars, teachers, and students of ancient and early medieval history, archaeology, and anthropology.

• Political Violence in Ancient India
• History of Ancient and Early Medeival India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century
• Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
• Mohenjo-daro: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization
• The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India