TY - BOOK AU - Lal, Deepak. TI - Hindu equilibrium : India c.1500 B.C.-2000 A.D SN - 199 275 793 U1 - 330.954 LAL PY - 1988/// CY - Singapore PB - Oxford University Press KW - Economics N1 - Bookwell N2 - "India is an emerging giant. This book explains its long economic stagnation and recent rise by examining its social, political, and historical evolution over three millennia. In particular, it explains how the country's distinct social system based on caste arose, and why it is still important in its political and social arrangements, despite India's recent move from the plan to market ER -