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Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies (c. 600 BCE–600 CE)
History · Chapter 3 · Themes in Indian History – Part I
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- The critical edition of the Mahabharata
- Kinship, marriage rules and gotra
- Social differences: varna, jati and the Brahmanical ideal
- Beyond birth: resources, status and the Mahabharata as a dynamic text
- Sources: texts