Concerned with the Indian subcontinent in the colonial period, these essays concentrate on methodology within the disciplines of history and anthropology, particularly as they relate to India, as well as anthropological history.

These twenty-three essays by Professor Cohn are collected here for the first time. The first section is concerned with methodology within the disciplines of history and anthropology, particularly as these relate to scholarly writings on India. The more empirical offerings within the next four sections are concerned with 'anthropological history'.