Time As a Metaphor of History : Early India. (Record no. 80667)
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| fixed length control field | 01176nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0195637984 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 978019563784 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 934 |
| Item number | 23798 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Romila Thapar. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Time As a Metaphor of History : Early India. |
| Medium | Eglish |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 53 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | <br/>It has long been maintained that the only concept of time known to early India was cyclic. This in part accounts for the Indian denial of history, since a sense of history is based on linear time. This study sets the argument in the context of links between time and history. It indicates the existence of linear time in Indian texts, such as genealogies, biographies, and chronicles, where time-reckoning was recorded through generations, regnal years and eras. It is suggested that cyclic and linear time were both used, but that their functions differed. Cyclic time occurs frequently in cosmological contexts and linear time in historical sources. The author argues that historical consciousness existed in early India. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hindu chronology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Historiography |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | History--Philosophy |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| General | Chinmaya International Foundation | Chinmaya International Foundation | General Stacks | 24/01/2020 | Donation | 90.00 | 934 23798 | 23798 | 24/01/2020 | Books |