The Hindu Equilibrium

by Deepak Lal

This new two-volume study of Indian economic, social, and political history provides a better understanding of various issues related to current Indian economic stagnation, poverty, and society. Lal argues that the ancient Hindus fashioned a social and economic system out of their democratic, ecological, and political conditions which has scarcely changed since its foundation. The social expression of this was the caste system, which Lal sees as developing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198284985
• ISBN13: 9780198284987
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"