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When the spread of communalism threatens us, it becomes necessary to return to history—to search for the causes of conflict and to reread the many narratives surrounding contentiou…
When the spread of communalism threatens us, it becomes necessary to return to history—to search for the causes of conflict and to reread the many narratives surrounding contentious problems of the past. In this collection, committed and objective historians, through their rigorous scholarship, expose the familiar patterns of historical distortion, making it a significant contribution to the tradition of non-communal historical writing in the Bengali language. This first reprint of the volume is sure to provoke thought and reflection among readers.
Retired from Jawaharlal Nehru University. The professor's favourite subject of study is the socio-economic and political history of South Asia in the pre-modern period. His special interest in the maritime history of the Indian Ocean. In addition to publishing research-based articles in Bengali and English at home and abroad, he is the author and editor of the following books (incliding co-authors and edited books): Warfare for Wealth Early Indian Perspectives(1986), A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization (2000)Trade in Early Indian (2001/2005), Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty First Century A View from the Margins(2007), Exploring Early India up to c. AD 1309.
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