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Film, Video Romila Thapar: Perceptions of the Past in Early India

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Title

  • Romila Thapar: Perceptions of the Past in Early India

Summary

  • One of the world's foremost experts on the history of early India, Romila Thapar, winner of the 2008 Kluge Prize, discussed the rich and ancient civilization in a lecture titled "Perceptions of the Past in Early India." In her talk, Thapar critiqued the notion that the civilization in India lacked a sense of history, and discussed the recognition of historical traditions in the early texts of Northern India.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-05-12.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Literature
  • -  Culture, Folklife

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Romila Thapar.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-05-12.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688241

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Romila Thapar: Perceptions of the Past in Early India. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-12, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688241/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2009) Romila Thapar: Perceptions of the Past in Early India. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-12. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688241/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Romila Thapar: Perceptions of the Past in Early India. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-12, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688241/>.