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Time As a Metaphor of History: Early India

By Romila Thapar

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0195637984, 9780195637984
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20381124 bytes)
Series
Krishna Bharadwaj Memorial Lecture Oxford India Paperbacks
Edition
1
Pages
53\33
Time added
2016-08-04 16:14:09
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Description

This essay examines the link between time and history through the use of cyclic and linear concepts of time. While the former occurs in a cosmological context, the latter is found in familiar historical forms. The author argues for the existence of historical consciousness in early India on the evidence of early texts.

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