Ancient India

Ancient India

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Author: R C Majumdar
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 538
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120804368

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This is a comprehensive, intelligible and interesting portrait of Ancient Indian History and Civilization from a national historical point of view. The work is divided into three boroad divisions of the natural course of cultural development in Ancient India: 1> From the pre-historic age to 600 BC 2> From 600 BC to 300 AD &3> From 300 AD to 1200 AD.

This book will interest not only general readers but also meet the needs of earnest students who are looking for a thorough grasp of the essential facts and features.

Contents

List of Plates
The System of Transliteration
Preface
Introduction : I. Physical Characteristics
II. Sources of Indian History
BOOK I. The Prehistoric Age - Early Man and his Implements
II. The Prehistoric Age - Race and Culture
III. The Sindhu (Indus) Valley Civilization
IV. The Aryans
V. The Vedas
VI. Early Aryan Society
VII. Later Vedic Period-Political History
VIII. Later Vedic Period - Political theory and administrative system
IX. Later Vedic Period-Social and Religious Condition

Book II. C. 600 B.C. TO C. 300 A.D.
I. Political History from the sixth to the fourth century B.C.
Appendix-The Chronological problem
II. The Maurya Empire
III. From the end of the first to the beginning of the second Magadha Empire (Second century B.C. to fourth century A.D.)
IV. Political
A. Political Theory
B. Administrative Organisation
V. New Religious Movements
VI. Literature
VII. The Epics and the Hindu Society
VIII. Colonisation and Economic Condition
IX Art.

Book III. FROM C. 300 A.D. TO C. 1200 A.D.
I. The Gupta Empire
Appendix. Ramagupta

II. North India fro m C. 500 A.D. to 650 A.D.

III. North India from C. 650 A.D. to C. 800 A.D.

IV. The Deccan up to the rise of the Rashtrakutas

V. The Struggle for Supremacy-The Rashtrakutas, The Palas, and the Gurjara-Pratiharas

VI. Downfall of the Prathara Empire

VII. Invasions of Sultan Mahmud

VIII. Northern India in the 11th and 12th centuries A.D.

IX. The Muslim Conquest of Northern India

X. Nepal and Kashmir

XI. Rise and Fall of Empire in the Deccan

XII. Eastern and Western Deccan

XIII. South India

XIV. Political Theory and Public Administration

XV. Growth of Local Self-government

XVI. Religion

XVII Literature

XVIII. The System of Education

XIX. Economic Condition

XX Art and Architecture
A. Gupta Age
B. Post-Gupta Age

XXI. Degradation of Hindu Society

XXII. Indian Colonies in the Far East

Bibiography
Identification of ancient places
Index