Social Thought in Indic Civilization presents an interdisciplinary pers­pective on the pre-colonial social thought. It draws on the methodolo­gies and research traditions of history, political science and sociology to look at major themes and social processes to provide a comprehensive understanding of the society in the historical setting contextualized in the social and political relations of the time. The arguments, facts, themes and interpretations presented in the book are usually not found in the mainstream academic narratives. This book explores a range of key themes such as non-violence in religious praxis; dharma in Indic social traditions; medicinal concepts and institutions; ideas and praxis of Shastrarth; knowledge traditions and institutions; music traditions; and Str?tva in texts and praxis. This study highlights the impact of colonial rule on the ‘construction of knowledge’ from a Western (colonial) per­spective and how it ignored the importance of Indian political thought of the?pre-colonial?period. About the Author Himanshu Roy is a Professor of Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, he was a Professor of Political Science in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Uni­versity of Delhi. He was the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Fellow in Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (219-221) and a Fellow in Nehru Me­morial Museum & Library (213-214). His publications include State Politics in India (217), Indian Political Thought (217), Indian Political System (218), Secularism and its Colonial Legacy (29), Salwa Judum?(214)?and?Peasant?in?Marxism?(25). \n