Inayatullah, Rubina Saigol, Pervez Tahir (Eds), Social Science in Pakistan: A Profile, Council of Social Science Pakistan (COSS), Islamabad, 2005, pp 512, Price Pak Rs. 500, US $ 20. Social scientists study various facets of human society. Historically, societies were understood and explained through religious and philosophical texts. History, Philosophy and Politics also developed as independent disciplines. One thinks of Plato’s Republic, Chanakya’s Arthashastra, and histories by various Greek, Roman, Arab, Persian, Turk, Chinese and Indian writers. One notable contribution to the study of societies is by Ibn Khaldun, the 14th century Tunisian, considered the first sociologist of the world.