Articles on Ancient Indian Society
Swadhyay
By Dalsukh D. Malvania, K. R. Chandra, J. C. Sikdar, Muni Nagraj · Sambodhi, 1976
1. Contributions of Jainism to Indian Culture This book, edited by Dr. R.C. Dwivedi (1975), includes a compilation of papers presented at the 1973 seminar on "Contribution of Jainism to Indian Culture, with special reference to the Doctrine of Non-Violence,"…
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1959
The “Select Contents of Oriental Journals” section acts as an extensive digest of articles published in various scholarly journals across India. Each entry briefly summarises papers and notes, providing readers with a panoramic view of ongoing research in…
The Picture of Ancient India as revealed in Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya
By Dileep Kumar Kanjilal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955
This article reconstructs aspects of ancient Indian society using the Mahābhāṣya, a 2nd century BCE commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī attributed to Patañjali. The author mines the text’s numerous examples and anecdotes to illuminate social categories,…
Indian Society as pictured in the Mrcchakatika
By Radha Govinda Basak · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
This lengthy article analyses Śūdraka’s Sanskrit play Mṛcchakaṭika (‘The Little Clay Cart’) as a source for social history. Set in the ancient city of Ujjain, the play portrays a wide spectrum of characters – brahmins, courtesans, merchants, gamblers, monks…