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Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011 [1]) was an Indian Marxist historian and Indologist [2] who specialised in the history of Ancient and early Medieval India. [3] He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85) and was visiting faculty at University of Toronto (1965–1966).
Early Medieval Indian Society: A Study in Feudalisation, Perspectives in Social and Economic History of Early India Indian Feudalism is a book by Indian professor Ram Sharan Sharma . The book analyses the practice of land grants, which became considerable in the Gupta period and widespread in the post-Gupta period.
Jha completed his Senior Secondary Schooling from Board of Secondary Certification, West Bengal with First Division. He did Intermediate Examination of Arts with first division and Bachelor of Arts (honours) in History at University of Calcutta and then his MA in history at Patna University where he was a student of Professor R.S. Sharma, who was amongst the first of modern Indian historians ...
Use of the term feudalism to describe India applies a concept of medieval European origin, according to which the landed nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in ...
THE CHURCH-SYSTEM CEMENTED — THE CREEDS Interval of tranquillity — Arian controversy — Constantine — Vain effort to obviate discussion — Council summoned at Nice — Arians silenced — their political intrigues — Theodosius — Council of Constantinople — Approach of barbarians — impending destruction of the Roman Empire ...
More than 90% of the inscribed objects and seals that were discovered were found at ancient urban centres along the Indus river in Pakistan, mainly in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] More than 50 IVC burial sites have been found, including at Rakhigarhi (first site with genetic testing ), Mohenjo-Daro , Harappa , Farmana , Kalibangan ...
This discovery was "an epoch-making event in the history of the study of ancient Indian polity". [5] It altered the perception of ancient India and changed the course of history studies, notably the false belief of European scholars at the time that Indians learnt the art of administration from the Greeks .
Very few known Indian texts recording history before 15th century C.E. exist, hence, historical evidence for much of India's history comes through foreign historians. [23] [24] There is very little evidence of a native historiographical tradition in ancient India. [11] Al-Biruni stated the following about local Indian histriography: [10]