1. The Concept of Bhāratavarṣa and Its Historiographical Implications 2. Space, History and Cultural Process: Some Ideas on the Ingredients of Subregional ‘Identity’ 3. The State’s Perception of the ‘Forest’ and the ‘Forest’ as State in Early India 4. Rāma’s Acts in Exile and in Kingdom 5. Local and Beyond: The Story of Asura Naraka and Society, State and Religion in Early Assam 6. Festivals as Ritual: An Exploration into the Convergence of Rituals and the State in Early India 7. Accommodation and Negotiation in a Culture of Exclusivism: Some Early Indian Perspectives 8. Interrogating ‘Unity in Diversity’: Voices from India’s Ancient Texts
