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Discuss the various proponents of Indian feudalism.
- UPSC 2023
- Early Medieval India, 750-1200
The Indian feudalism thesis was not the work of a single scholar but a school built up over several decades, with each successive proponent contributing a distinct layer — a founding framework, a systematic elaboration, and then regional and evidentiary extensions. Tracing the argument scholar by scholar shows how the thesis grew from a single…
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- D.D. Kosambi: The Originating Framework
- R.S. Sharma: The Systematic Elaborator
- B.N.S. Yadava: Regional Extension into North India
- D.N. Jha: Consolidation, Extension, and Internal Refinement
- Convergence and Divergence Among the Proponents
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