Time as a Metaphor of History: Early India : The Krishna Bharadwaj Memorial Lecture Paperback / softback
by Romila (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) Thapar
Paperback / softback
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Romila Thapar examines the link between time and history through the use of cyclic and linear concepts of time.
While the former occurs in a cosmological context, the latter of found in familiar historical forms.
The author argues for the existence of historical consciousness in early India, on the evidence of early texts.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:62 pages
- Publisher:OUP India
- Publication Date:01/12/1997
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- ISBN:9780195637984
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:62 pages
- Publisher:OUP India
- Publication Date:01/12/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195637984