Interesting point. Does the book attempt to document the history and prevalence of the misconception itself? Or does it only document the history and prevalence of violence in India’s past?


On Oct 2, 2017, at 5:14 AM, Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Prof. Dominik Wjastyk,

"a point of view that certainly exists in the minds of some people" certainly provides an exception to my 

'I can say with certainty that ancient India was never imagined during or later to the independence movement, either by the educated Indians or by the common public as an India without wars or without harsh punishments or without harsh ways of crime control etc. ​'

Are books written to counter 'a point of view that  exists in the minds of some people' ?



On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 7:34 AM, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Thanks for this info, Patrick.  I've been making her History of Ancient and Early Medieval India a set text for my courses for several years now, and it's very good indeed (but sadly she hadn't read your Kingship, Law and Governance before her book was published, so the Mauryan chapter needs to be redone).

I look forward to reading the new one.

Best,
Dominik


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On 30 September 2017 at 07:29, Olivelle, J P <jpo@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
With apologies for cross-posting, I want to announce a wonderful new book by Upinder Singh: Political Violence in Ancient India. It demolishes the common stereotypes about non-violence etc. Published by Harvard.


Patrick Olivelle

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