From Lineage to State: socioal formations in the mid-first millenium B.C. in thr Ganga Valley / Romila Thapar

1. Preliminaries;
2. Lineage society;
3. Transition to state;
4. Ideology and the state;
5. Ergo;

Examining social and political formations in the mid-first millennium BC this book analyses the transformation of lineage- based societies into state formations. It provides insights into environmental influences on settlements, the particularities of caste, the role of rituals, and the interaction of ideology with these changes. The volume presents an account of the interplay of a range of variable in state formations. This classic work is indispensable for scholars, teachers and students of early Indian history.