The current literature on the theory of the “Asiatic” mode of production, which summarizes Marx’s views on the non-European social formations including India, is quite vast. Even then, to date there is no systematic study which focuses simultaneously on the methodological and theoretical problems and consequences immanent in the “Asiatic” mode, and on its empirical validity within the historical context of the Indian social experience.

Bhadra, B. (1989). “Marx and the Asiatic Mode of Production,” in Materialist Orientalism: Marx, ‘Asiatic’ Mode of Production and India.‎Punthi Pustak, West Bengal, 2004.

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