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Historian Romila Thapar reflects on a rich, path-breaking life—and the ideas, friendships, and journeys that shaped her.

In Just Being, historian Romila Thapar invites us into her illustrious world—a rich, extensive memoir from a scholar who has profoundly shaped our understanding of India’s past and present.

From her childhood growing up in British India, through her years of education in London, her extensive travels to archaeological sites across Asia and beyond, and her trailblazing role in shaping the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Thapar reflects on a life lived in the service of inquiry and education. Composed over the past few years, Just Being is a testimony to Thapar’s ability to view herself within the larger flow of history, and to illumine it with a scholar’s depth and a storyteller’s sensitivity. It reveals not only an extraordinary, boundary-defying life but a profound conviction that understanding our past in the light of irrefutable evidence is essential to an insight into the present and to shaping a more thoughtful future.

About The Author

Romila Thapar is one of India’s most distinguished historians, renowned for her pioneering work on ancient Indian history and historiography. Born in 1931, she studied at Panjab University and later earned her doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Thapar’s scholarship focuses on early India, particularly the Mauryan period, and she is widely respected for her critical, evidence-based approach that integrates archaeology, textual analysis, and social theory. Her influential books, including Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas and Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300, have shaped both academic and public understanding of India’s past. A former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, she has also been an advocate for academic freedom and secular, plural interpretations of history

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  • ISBN: 9781803096308
  • Author: Romila Thapar
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
  • Publication Date: July 2026
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Historian Romila Thapar reflects on a rich, path-breaking life—and the ideas, friendships, and journeys that shaped her.

In Just Being, historian Romila Thapar invites us into her illustrious world—a rich, extensive memoir from a scholar who has profoundly shaped our understanding of India’s past and present.

From her childhood growing up in British India, through her years of education in London, her extensive travels to archaeological sites across Asia and beyond, and her trailblazing role in shaping the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Thapar reflects on a life lived in the service of inquiry and education. Composed over the past few years, Just Being is a testimony to Thapar’s ability to view herself within the larger flow of history, and to illumine it with a scholar’s depth and a storyteller’s sensitivity. It reveals not only an extraordinary, boundary-defying life but a profound conviction that understanding our past in the light of irrefutable evidence is essential to an insight into the present and to shaping a more thoughtful future.

About The Author

Romila Thapar is one of India’s most distinguished historians, renowned for her pioneering work on ancient Indian history and historiography. Born in 1931, she studied at Panjab University and later earned her doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Thapar’s scholarship focuses on early India, particularly the Mauryan period, and she is widely respected for her critical, evidence-based approach that integrates archaeology, textual analysis, and social theory. Her influential books, including Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas and Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300, have shaped both academic and public understanding of India’s past. A former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, she has also been an advocate for academic freedom and secular, plural interpretations of history

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