# Romila Thapar: Perceptions of the Past in Early India

One of the world's foremost experts on the history of early India, Romila Thapar, winner of the 2008 Kluge Prize, discussed the rich and ancient civilization in a lecture titled "Perceptions of the Past in Early India." In her talk, Thapar critiqued the notion that the civilization in India lacked a sense of history, and discussed the recognition of historical traditions in the early texts of Northern India.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Genres: Education, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688241/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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