The past before us : historical traditions of early north India - Thapar, Romila (Ranikhet : Permanent Black, 2013)
Part 1. The search for a historical tradition -- part 2. The embedded tradition -- part 3. Interlude : the emerging historical tradition -- part 4. Alternative histories -- part 5. The historical traditions externalized.
Articles; some previously published.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 702-736) and index.
Keywords: Literature and history -- India, North; Collective memory -- India, North; India, North -- Historiography; India, North -- History