History Perspectives

1. M Rajivlochan,  Editorial note and acknowledgements v
2. Anju Suri and Devi Sirohi, Writing History 15
3. Benudhar Patra 16 Man and environment in early India: aas historical perspective
4. Meeta and Rajivlochan,  The Merchants of the Indus Valley 35
5. Ashvini Agrawal, Orthodox versus heterodox: change in social ethos
with the Greeks in Ancient Punjab 51
6. Meeta and Rajivlochan,  Give a dog a bad name and hang him: the case of the Manusmriti and Women in India 58
7. Muhammad Idris and Roopam Jasmeet Kaur  Development of market in the early decades of thirteenth century in India: a case study of Alauddin Khalji\'s reign 74
8. Anju Suri, British Paramountcy in Jaipur and Bahawalpur States 86
9. Suman Bharti,  Enforcing social change: Legislation for Muslim Women in Colonial Punjab 102
10. Bindu Bala, Local Customs: Karewa in Punjab Region 121
11. Devi Sirohi 134 Identity of Dalit Women in Contemporary India
12. Kamlesh Narwana, Community and School Linkages: A Study of Village Education Committees in Haryana, India, 145
13. K. Chanderdeep Singh Forging Fortunes: The Politics of the Akalis and the Hindu Nationalists in Punjab 166
14. Manpreet Kaur, The Medical Evangelist Edith Brown in Punjab 195
15. Vinay Kumar,  Some Megh leaders of Jalandhar in the Bhargava Camp and its neighbourhood 211
16. Navdip Kaur, Partition of Punjab and Migration:A Historiographical Critique 225 
17. Sarita Gondwal, Role of Khap Panchayat in Honour Killings in Haryana 238
18. Contributors 245