TY - BOOK AU - Bhattacharya, Sibesh TI - Understanding itihasa SN - 9788179860847 U1 - 181.4 PY - 2010/// CY - Shimla PB - Indian Institute of Advanced Study KW - Philosophy, Indic KW - India - Historiography KW - India - History - To 324 B.C N2 - Understanding Itihasa is an in - depth exploration of the traditional Indian outlook on past. It examines how early India looked at human past, how it considered and evaluated the value and significance of past and how it endeavoured to preserve the memory of the past it regarded as preservation worthy. The work may be called an elaboration and clarification of Indian Philosophy of History. (http://www.iias.org/Understanding-Itihasa.html) ER -