Society and Culture in India Their Dynamics Through the Ages

includes index and biblioraphy

Methodological Approaches for the Study of Society in India ...........1 Salient features of Indian Society and culture .....27 The perspective of Social Change ..........38 Emergence of the Traditional Pattern of Social Stratification ........61 The family ...95 The samskaras..............120 The Asramas..........164 The position of Women: Socio-Cultural Compulsives of Attitude towards woman ..........177 Correspondence between woman and Nature in Indian Thought ...........195 Religion of India ............206 Latent function of the Doctrine of Karma .........226 The Rise of Elite tradition and Genesis of Indian Civilization .........242 Culture contact between ancient India and Iran ...............260