Family Quote by Romila Thapar

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“A later age looks back with nostalgia at an earlier one and depicts it in terms of ideals and activities now receding.”

— Romila Thapar

“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial”

— Romila Thapar

“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

“Adivasi societies are not fossilized societies.”

— Romila Thapar

“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

“Historiography therefore becomes a prelude to understanding history as a form of knowledge.”

— Romila Thapar