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Romila Thapar

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Romila Thapar is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Thapar is a Professor of Ancient History, Emerita, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

Books

Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas
Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas
Romila Thapar
On Nationalism
On Nationalism
Abdul Gafoor Abdul Majeed Noorani, Romila Thapar, Sadanand Menon
The Past as Present
The Past as Present
Romila Thapar
A History of India
A History of India
Romila Thapar
Early India
Early India
Romila Thapar
Our History, Their History, Whose History?
Our History, Their History, Whose History?
Romila Thapar
Romila Thapar
What is Nationalism?
What is Nationalism?
Romila Thapar
The Public Intellectual in India
The Public Intellectual in India
Romila Thapar
Śakuntalā
Śakuntalā
Romila Thapar
Ancient Indian Social History
Ancient Indian Social History
Romila Thapar
Voices of Dissent
Voices of Dissent
Romila Thapar
A History of India
A History of India
Romila Thapar, Percival Spear, Thomas George Percival Spear
Romila Thapar
The Future in the Past
The Future in the Past
Romila Thapar
India: Historical Beginnings and the Concept of the Aryan
India: Historical Beginnings and the Concept of the Aryan
Romila Thapar
Narratives and the Making of History
Narratives and the Making of History
Romila Thapar
India
India
Romila Thapar
Somanatha
Somanatha
Romila Thapar
The Penguin History of Early India
The Penguin History of Early India
Romila Thapar
The Aryan
The Aryan
Romila Thapar
The Past as Present
The Past as Present
Romila Thapar

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