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Early medieval Indian Society: (Record no. 74591)

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fixed length control field	02903nam a22001817a 4500
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ISBN	9788125056119
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Classification number	954.02 Sh233 E
Item number	103223
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Personal name	Sharma R S
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Early medieval Indian Society:
Remainder of title	A Study in Feudalisation
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	1st ed
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication	Hyderabad
Name of publisher	Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd,
Date of publication	2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	374
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General note	The traditional view of feudalism, defined by scholars like Karl Marx and Marc Bloch, describes a system where a dominant social group controlled ownership of land and enjoyed the benefits of labour of servile serfs who toiled to generate produce from land. While this model was based on conditions in Europe, Marx felt that this did not apply to medieval India as most peasants were technically free land-owners.<br/><br/>R.S.Sharma goes beyond this traditional view of feudalism.In hisEarly Medieval Indian Society,he shows how dominant groups used techniques such as land-grants, control of common services, caste and religion to gain control over the means of production. R.S. Sharma explains how despite differences from the European model of feudalisation, similarities in economic traits like decline of towns and long-distance trade, reduction in the usage of metal coins and the establishment of a subsidiary market economy made the feudal model a useful tool to understand this period. He uses feudalism to trace the emergence of early medieval India and to also understand developments in art, religion, literature, polity and society.<br/><br/>The Prologue to this edition is a fitting tribute to the author by Jaya Sinha Tyagi, a historian of ancient Indian history. Analysing R.S. Sharma’s pioneering study, she charts this erudite historian’s contribution to the transformation of the study of early medieval India. She also explains why this book continues to serve as a critical resource material for tracing the economic changes in history.<br/><br/>R.S. Sharma’s seminal work will be invaluable for students, scholars and teachers of ancient and medieval Indian history. It will be useful to readers interested in studying transitions in socio-cultural ideologies and institutions from the early medieval times.
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Formatted contents note	Table of Contents<br/><br/>Preface to the First Edition<br/>Prologue to this Edition by Jaya Tyagi<br/>Roman Equivalents of Nagari Letters<br/>Abbreviations<br/><br/>Introduction<br/><br/>1. Transition from Ancient to Medieval<br/><br/>2. The Kali Age: A Period of Social Crisis<br/><br/>3. The Nature of Indian Feudalism<br/><br/>4. Paucity of Metallic Coinage (c. 500–c. l000)<br/><br/>5. Aspects of Royal Land Charter (Ra-jas´a-sana) and Property Inheritance<br/><br/>6. Changes in Social Structure<br/><br/>7. Dimensions of Peasant Protest<br/><br/>8. Economic and Social Basis of Tantrism<br/><br/>9. The Feudal Mind<br/><br/>Summing-up<br/><br/>Appendices<br/>Bibliography <br/>Index (Sanskrit and other non-English words)<br/>Index (General)
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Topical Term	India
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Topical Term	Feudalism
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Koha item type	Books

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