This book comprising the contributions of five eminent scholars presents critical appraisal of some of the key concepts used in the discourses of social sciences and history today for understanding the dynamics of society and history of India. Ramkrishna Mukherjee diagnoses the deficiency of the leading approaches relating to caste and class in sociology and anthropology and, then, offers a more appropriate alternative. Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri's focus is on tribe-caste relationship. His analysis reveals that such concepts as Hinduization, tribe-caste continuum, tribalisation, etc., used in anthropology and history prove to be rather weak in representing this relationship. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya deals with regional history. He analyses the concept of region and the way it is used in historical studies. He suggests regional-national approach in this context to which Surendra Gopal introduces local history and demonstrates the meaningfulness of local-regional-national approach. K S Singh's study of a fourteenth-century work further contributes of this perspective. The book contains incisive thoughts and arguments regarding the courses of social sciences and history in India.