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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1
2.0 Tables....................................................................................................................................................2
2.1.1 Designer tables...............................................................................................................................2
2.1.2 Number table..................................................................................................................................2
2.1.3 Blank Table.....................................................................................................................................3
3.0 The Concept of Bharatavarsa.................................................................................................................5

1.0 Introduction

Testing this hypothesis with a worldwide sample of thirty societies, Goldstein concludes that it
does not work in both directions. However, she substantiates the converse part of Saxe's
hypothesis in the following words: If a permanent, specialised bounded area for the exclusive
disposal of the group's dead exists, then it is likely that this represents a corporate group that
has rights over the use and/or control of crucial but restricted resources. This corporate control
is most likely to be attained and/or legitimised by means of lineal descent from the dead, either
in terms of an actual lineage or in the form of a strong, established tradition of the critical
resource passing from parent to offspring. Goldstein further maintains that 'the more

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structured and formal the disposal area, the fewer alternative explanations of social
organisation apply, and conversely' (1981: 61). In India the best-known ethnographic example
of the relationship between formal disposal areas for the dead and corporate group rights over
critical resources can be found among the Mundas of the Chhota Nagpur hills of southern Bihar
(Hoffman, 1950). Land is precious among these lineage-based groups and inherited within the
family. Each clan has its own Sasan, or formal disposal area for the dead, situated on one side of
the village. Large stone slabs, diri, erected on the Sasan allow Sasan-diri to be viewed as a
territorial marker: corporate group behaviour finds legitimation from dead ancestors (personal
communication from V.S. Sahay, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Allahabad).
However, it may be mentioned that Sasan-diri have an equally important emotive role to play in
the Munda society, a point I shall return to later .

2.0 Tables

2.1.1 Designer tables

S.NO COLOURS NUMBERS NAMES COURSE

1 Blue 558 James Pol Science

2 Green 568 Sam History

3 Magenta 148 Eric Mathematics

4 Orange 446 Mill Chemistry

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5 Pink 899 Shashi Biology

6 Purple 115 Bamford Physics

7 Yellow 456 Thomas Geography

2.1.2 Number table

A.100 B.200

C.300 D.400

2.1.3 Blank Table

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3.0 The Concept of Bharatavarsa

and Its Historiographical Implications HE CHOICE OF THE concept of Bh"aratavar]sa as the theme of this
essay has derived from a number of reasons. We have been brought up from our early childhood on
the idea that the country we live in is Bh"aratavar]sa which is India and which is also a map with
specific boundaries, separated from other countries with similar maps indicating them. The partition of
the India of 1947 changed the map, but the notion of Bh"aratavar]sa and the name remained,
conveying, as it did to our predecessors, the image of a country which has forever been there and will
so remain despite the change in the map. And yet, the question of the history of India or
Bh"aratavar]sa as it evolved over time, and linked to what is perceived as India today, remains to be
critically examined in terms of historical change. In other words, the link between a notion or a concept
of universe, the actual geographical universe supposed to be denoted by it, and the universe as the
locus of our history is an issue which needs to be reopened, because what we accept today as grant ed
is based on a number of assumptions. These assumptions, with out adequate deference to the many
meanings embedded in our sources, have substantially affected our generalizations about Indian
history, particularly of its early phase.

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The Concept of Bharatavarsa

. The partition of the India of 1947 changed the map, but the notion of Bharatavarsa and the name
remained, conveying, as it did to our predecessors, the image of a country which has forever been
there and will so remain despite the change in the map. HOIi

And yet, the question of the history of India or Bharatavarsa as it evolved over time, and linked to what
is perceived as India today, remains to be critically examined in terms of historical change. In other
words, the link between a notion or a concept of universe, the actual geographical universe supposed
to be denoted by it, and the universe as the locus of our history is an issue which needs to be
reopened, because what we accept today as granted is based on a number of assumptions. These
assumptions, with out adequate deference to the many meanings embedded in our sources, have
substantially affected our generalizations about Indian history, particularly of its early phase.

. It covers the geographical, ecological, and trade, developments in science and

linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific philosophy, and cultural legacy. He also

cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and examines the process of transition from

Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan Ancient to Medieval India and addresses

civilization. The author discusses the rise of topical issues such as the origin of the Aryan

Jainism and Buddhism, Magadha and the culture. This engaging and lucid text, by one of

beginning of territorial states, and the period the best-known scholars of ancient India, will

of Mauryas, Central Asian countries, be indispensable for students and teachers of

Satvahanas, Guptas, and Harshavardhana. He ancient Indian history.

highlights important phenomena such as the

varna system, urbanization, commerce and

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History Of India