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Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011 [1]) was an Indian historian and Indologist [2] who specialised in the history of Ancient and early Medieval India. [3] He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85) and was visiting faculty at University of Toronto (1965–1966).
(Only the first two were NCERT textbooks.) The Prime Minister forwarded the memorandum to the Education Minister suggesting that the books be withdrawn from circulation. In August 1977, R. S. Sharma's Ancient India was published, which was also targeted. The books were said to be "anti-Indian and anti-national" in content and "prejudicial to ...
Those who wish to adopt the textbooks are required to send a request to NCERT, upon which soft copies of the books are received. The material is press-ready and may be printed by paying a 5% royalty, and by acknowledging NCERT. [11] The textbooks are in color-print and are among the least expensive books in Indian book stores. [11]
Subject Area - subject area of the book; Topic - topic (within the subject area) Collection - belongs to a collection listed in the table above; Date - date (year range) book was written/composed; Reign of - king/ruler in whose reign this book was written (occasionally a book could span reigns) Reign Age - extent of the reign
The book analyses the practice of land grants, which became considerable in the Gupta period and widespread in the post-Gupta period. It shows how this led to the emergence of a class of landlords , endowed with fiscal and administrative rights superimposed upon a class of peasantry which was deprived of communal agrarian rights.
The Marxian historiography of India uses the method of historical materialism and has focused on studies of economic development, land ownership, and class conflict in precolonial India and deindustrialization during the colonial period. [50] B. N. Datta, and D. D. Kosambi are considered the founding fathers of Marxist historiography in India ...
Jha completed his Senior Secondary Schooling from Board of Secondary Certification, West Bengal with First Division. He did Intermediate Examination of Arts with first division and Bachelor of Arts (honours) in History at University of Calcutta and then his MA in history at Patna University where he was a student of Professor R.S. Sharma, who was amongst the first of modern Indian historians ...
His book, Medieval India, has been widely used as a textbook in schools and colleges around India. [ 11 ] [ 7 ] He belonged to the group of historians, along with Romila Thapar , R. S. Sharma , Bipan Chandra and Arjun Dev, who are sometimes referred to as "left-leaning."