01032nam a22002417a 4500010002600000020002600026035001300052035001700065035001300082037001700095037001300112082001100125100001900136245008900155260003700244270005300281300003700334500004100371500006800412505022600480650004400706650004000750  a1516ENO7   ENG-114902  a9788178243979c995.00  aEN-98434  aB-612830-843  aB-668058  adplbTBI/Ven  bDBAD/PUB  a954.01  aThapar, Romila  aThe past before us :cby Romila Thaparbhistorical traditions of early north India /  aRanikhet bPermanent Blackc2014  aHimalayana,  Mall Road,bRanikhet e263645l-m-  axvii,758p.bill.,mapsc22cm(pbk)  aArticles; some previously published.  a Includes bibliographical references (pages 702-736) and index.  a 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.  a Literature and history zIndia, North.  a Collective memory  zIndia, North.