History of India: ancient and medieval / Post-Mauryan India and the Sangam age
Kinship, caste and class in early India
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Varna duties in Dharmasutras and Manusmriti, jatis beyond varna, occupations and mobility
- Gotra, exogamy and endogamy, eight forms of marriage, Satavahana metronymics as exception
- Inheritance schools: Mitakshara (sons' right by birth) versus Dayabhaga (right after father's death); both not caste-based
- Chandalas and untouchability in Manusmriti and Fa-hien's account
- The Mahabharata critical edition and how historians read epic for social history