Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings

This book examines rare and scattered essays, notes and reviews of D.D.
Kosambi. He introduced pioneering perspectives and methods in
Indological studies, written and published over almost thirty years.
These writings cover an enormous range: text-edition and philology,
religion, historical reconstruction, archaeology and anthropology,
considerations of method, and so on. Together they reflect an integrated
framework which, in Kosambi's own characterization, was Marxist. Many
of Kosambi's seminal ideas were worked out in great depth in these
scholarly articles; published in different journals, in India and
abroad, they have long remained outside the reach even of experts. By
attempting to be a comprehensive anthology, the collection will for the
first time enable readers to sample the versatility of Kosambi's work..
The introduction by B.D. Chattopadhyaya explores the genesis, range, and significance of Kosambi's writings.