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Introduction1.

About the Author

Dwijendra Narayan Jha was Professor of History at the University of Delhi till his retirement in 2005. He was National Lecturer in History in 1984-85 and the General President of the Indian History Congress in 2005-6. His research focuses on social, economic and cultural history of early India and his publications include Revenue System in Maurya and Post-Maurya Times (1967), Ancient India (1977,1998), Early Indian Economy and Society: Issue & Paradigms (1993), (ed.) Society and Ideology in India: Essays in Honour of Prof. R.S. Sharma (1995), (ed.)The Feudal Order (2001), Holy Cow: Beef in Indian Dietary Traditions (2001) reprinted as the Myth of the Holy Cow (2002) and Early India: A Concise History (2004).