Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 2 NOVEMBER NLMBLR 1 197-} CONTENTS Suhas Chattopadhyay 3 On the Class Nature of Land Reforms in India since Independence N Vanamamalai 25 Materialist Thought in Eaily Tamil Literature Sharad Patil 42 Some Aspects of Matriarchy in Ancient India: Clan Motlier to Tribal Mother COMMUNICATION V Y Kolhatkar 59 Joan Robinson and Maixism Today NOTE Arun Prokas Chatterjee 65 Independence of the Judiciary BOOK REVIEW P N Varughese 70 Cambodia in the South East Asian Wai Articles, communication, note and review express the views of their authors and not necessarily of ike editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.