“Intensely devotional poetry was written by poets, some of whom were born Muslim but worshipped Hindu deities. One of the best known among them was Sayyad Ibrahim, popularly referred to as Raskhan, whose dohas and bhajans dedicated to the deity… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“The change from the categories of hunter-gatherers to pastoralism to agriculture involved using a decreasing area of land, but an increasingly more intensive use… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“Expanding urbanization often trapped people at the margins of settlements into becoming landless and unable to use their skills and thus gradually forced them… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“I do not believe there is any place in this country for any particular culture, whether it is a Hindu culture, or a Muhammadan… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“That every civilization emerges out of interactions with others, but nevertheless creates its own miracle, was not yet recognized by either European or Indian… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“To conclude on a personal note, these thoughts came to me again and again in the past few months. There has been so much… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“Some forms of Indian asceticism, although not all, have a socio-political dimension and these cannot be marginalized as merely the wish to negate life.” — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“A later age looks back with nostalgia at an earlier one and depicts it in terms of ideals and activities now receding.” — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial” — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“The use of the plough goes back to pre-Harappan times and one of the words frequently used for the plough – langala – is… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“A number of families constituted a grama, a word used later for village, suggesting that the families in the early settlements were related. Another… — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
“These passes were used so frequently that it is incorrect to project the north-western mountains as barriers. They were corridors of communication.” — Romila Thapar Copy Share Image
