Ancient India
Mahajan, V. D.
Ancient India by V. D. Mahajan - New Delhi S. Chand and Company Ltd. 1960 - xxiv, 656p. : maps. ; 22 cm.
Includes appendix, chronological table and index.
Introduction -- Sources -- The pre-historic people -- Pre-historic races and cultures in India -- The Harappa Culture (The Indus Civilization) -- The Aryans -- The Vedic Literature -- Rigvedic India -- Later Vedic civilization -- The Age of the Sutras -- Epic age -- The age of the Dharma Sastras -- The Caste system -- Jainism -- Buddhism -- Ancient Indian polity -- Condition of Northern India from 6th to 4th century BC -- The rise of Magadha -- India and Persia -- Alexander's invasion of India -- Chandragupta and Bindusara -- Ashoka (273 BC - 236 BC) -- The Mauryan administration -- Culture and civilization during the Mauryan age -- The Sungas and Kanvas -- Social, religious, economic and cultural conditions in Post Mauryan times (187 BC - 320 AD) -- The Satavahanas or Andhras -- The Bactrian Greeks in India -- The Sakas and Pahlavas -- Rise and fall of the Kushana empire -- India and the western world -- The Nagas -- The Gupta empire -- India during the Gupta age -- Ajanta, Ellora, Amravati, and Nagarjunakonda -- The Vakatakas -- The Maitrakas and the Maukharis -- Harsha-Vardhana and his times -- Northern India after Harsha -- Social and cultural conditions of Northern India (650-1000AD) -- The Rashtrakutas -- The Chalukyas -- The Pallavas -- The Cholas -- The tripartite struggle for supremacy -- The Pandyas -- Greater India -- Buddhist art -- The Sangam age -- Contribution of South India to Indian Culture -- Republics in ancient India
9789352531325 Rs.450.00 8121908876 Rs.275.00
History--Ancient world history--India
History
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Ancient India by V. D. Mahajan - New Delhi S. Chand and Company Ltd. 1960 - xxiv, 656p. : maps. ; 22 cm.
Includes appendix, chronological table and index.
Introduction -- Sources -- The pre-historic people -- Pre-historic races and cultures in India -- The Harappa Culture (The Indus Civilization) -- The Aryans -- The Vedic Literature -- Rigvedic India -- Later Vedic civilization -- The Age of the Sutras -- Epic age -- The age of the Dharma Sastras -- The Caste system -- Jainism -- Buddhism -- Ancient Indian polity -- Condition of Northern India from 6th to 4th century BC -- The rise of Magadha -- India and Persia -- Alexander's invasion of India -- Chandragupta and Bindusara -- Ashoka (273 BC - 236 BC) -- The Mauryan administration -- Culture and civilization during the Mauryan age -- The Sungas and Kanvas -- Social, religious, economic and cultural conditions in Post Mauryan times (187 BC - 320 AD) -- The Satavahanas or Andhras -- The Bactrian Greeks in India -- The Sakas and Pahlavas -- Rise and fall of the Kushana empire -- India and the western world -- The Nagas -- The Gupta empire -- India during the Gupta age -- Ajanta, Ellora, Amravati, and Nagarjunakonda -- The Vakatakas -- The Maitrakas and the Maukharis -- Harsha-Vardhana and his times -- Northern India after Harsha -- Social and cultural conditions of Northern India (650-1000AD) -- The Rashtrakutas -- The Chalukyas -- The Pallavas -- The Cholas -- The tripartite struggle for supremacy -- The Pandyas -- Greater India -- Buddhist art -- The Sangam age -- Contribution of South India to Indian Culture -- Republics in ancient India
9789352531325 Rs.450.00 8121908876 Rs.275.00
History--Ancient world history--India
History
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