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A series of essays by eminent historian Romila Thapar, Ancient Indian Social History is an authoritative book on Indian history and how popular conception that Indian culture lacked a sense of history is wrong. Summary of the Book Romila Thapar discusses how museums function and how history has been perceived over the last few decades. Examining details such as the duties of a historian and how historical writing used to be treated before and how it is treated today, this book is an invaluable resource for all historians, scholars and history lovers. About Romila Thapar Romila Thapar is an Indian historian and Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is also the author of: Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, Recent Perspectives of Early Indian History, A History of India Volume One and Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300. A graduate from Panjab University, Dr. Thapar completed her PhD in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.