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INDIAN CULTURES AS HERITAGE : contemporary pasts / Romila Thapar.

By: Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Aleph Book Company 2018/01/01Edition: 1Description: 222ISBN:
  • 9789384067359
  • 9384067350
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954 THA/IN
Contents:
Contents 1.Culture as Heritage 2.Heritage : The Contemporary Past 3.Time Before Time 4.Science as Culture 5.Women Decoding Cultures 6.The Culture of Discrimination 7.Knowledge as Heritage
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The renowned historian, Romila Thapar examines India's cultural pasts, their place in the present and their context and meaning which relates them to the past. Contexts, often regarded as unconnected to culture, can to the contrary, be quite illuminating. Thapar touches on a few of these, ranging from objects that identify cultures to ideas that shape cultures.

Contents
1.Culture as Heritage
2.Heritage : The Contemporary Past
3.Time Before Time
4.Science as Culture
5.Women Decoding Cultures
6.The Culture of Discrimination
7.Knowledge as Heritage

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.

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