Socio-Economic Dynamics of Indian Society: A Historical Overview

Contents: 1. Stone age societies in India: Economic perspectives/K. Paddayya. 2. Economy during the Neolithic age in Indian subcontinent/Pramod P. Joglekar. 3. Economy during the Harappan civilization/Vasant Shinde, Esha Prasad and Prabodh Shirvalkar. 4. The concept of wealth in the vedic culture/Prasad P. Joshi. 5. Deccan Chalcolithic economy/Prabodh Shirvalkar and Esha Prasad. 6. Early iron age megalithic culture of Vidarbha, Maharashtra: Implications and consequence of economy – a consideration/Rabindra Kumar Mohanty.7. Influence of the Western economical concept upon Indian thinkers/Jayraj Salgaonkar. 8. The economic condition of India in the days of epics/Malhar Krishna Gokhale. 9. Janapadas in ancient India: Backbone of the Golden Age Economy/Pramod Pathak. 10. Economic thought in Kautilya’s Arthasastra/Gauri Mahulikar. 11. The role of the state/Neeraj Haterkar. 12. Archaeology of the caste system/Pramod Pathak. 13. Journey of occupational castes through the ages/Nivedita Chitnis. 14. Evolution of guilds in India/Somya Mathur. 15. Indian economy and rise of Buddhism/Pradeep Apte. 16. Apropos stages of history and feudalism in ancient India/Arvind P. Jamkhedkar. 17. Mauryan economy/Anuradha K. Ranade. 18. Satavahana economy/R.S. Morvanchikar. 19. Gupta economy/Swapna Hemant Samel. 20. Understanding various facets of economy during the reign of the Shilaharas of North Konkan/Rupali Mokashi….. Appendix.