From Lineage to State
From Lineage to State1984
social formations in the mid-first millennium B.C. in the Ganga Valley
About this book
The author attempts to define Indian society in the crucial period of the mid-first millennium BC and examines the change that took place from a lineage-based society to the establishment of state systems, taking into account the emergence of a peasant economy and the process of urbanization.
Details
- First published
- 1984
- OL Work ID
- OL360025W
Subjects
HistoryGanges river (india and bangladesh)India, historyIndia, social conditionsSocial conditionsCivilization, history