On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Biju Chacko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm currently reading $SUBJECT. I've never actually studied Indian > history or read much Indian history so I can't tell if it has any > biases. It's fairly interesting though. Can anyone comment it's slant > or lack thereof? > I absolutely loved this book. I think his style is very engaging and he makes a concerted effort to iron out biases. He does so by extensively discussing the prior literature. And his section on Asoka's pillar was particularly good because of the detailed use of primary evidence. One of my favorite books - I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
