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100			_aThapar, Romila.
245			_aFrom Lineage to State: _bsocioal formations in the mid-first millenium B.C. in thr Ganga Valley / _cRomila Thapar
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi: _bOxford Press University, _c1984.
300			_aviii; 189 p. _bSoft-Bound, _c23 cm.
505			_a1. Preliminaries; 2. Lineage society; 3. Transition to state; 4. Ideology and the state; 5. Ergo;
520			_aExamining 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.
760			_b1st ed.
942			_2ddc _cBK _01