Social
Scientist
Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences
VOLUME 4 OCTOBER NUMBER 3 1975
CONTENTS
M G S Narayanan 3 Historical Perspectives on Ancient India
Roger Bartra 12 Peasants and Political Power in Mexico
Sourin Bhattacharya 35 India's First Irrigation Company
NOTE
Subbhas Bhattacharya 56 Indigo Planters, Ram Mohan Roy and the Charter Act of1833
BOOK REVIEWS
R P 66 Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union
Mohan Thampi 76 The Politics of Literature
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