The Hindu equilibrium : India c. 1500 B.C.-2000 A.D. / Deepak Lal.
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Previous ed. published in 2 v. with part titles: Cultural stability and economic stagnation and Aspects of Indian labour. Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-418) and index.
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The Hindu equilibrium : India c. 1500 B.C.-2000 A.D. / Deepak Lal.
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Lal, Deepak. Cultural stability and economic stagnation. .
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"India is an emerging giant. This book explains its long economic stagnation and recent rise by examining its social, political, and historical evolution over three millennia. In particular, it explains how the country's distinct social system based on caste arose, and why it is still important in its political and social arrangements, despite India's recent move from the plan to market, which is at last shattering the age-old Hindu Equilibrium." "This revised and abridged edition of the previous two-volume work brings the story up to date, and makes this edition invaluable to academics, researchers, and policy-makers in public and private organizations."--Jacket.