Ancient India / by Vidya Dhar Mahajan
By: Mahajan, Vidya Dhar [Author].
Material type: TextPublisher: New Delhi : S.Chand and Co., 1986.Edition: 11th rev. enl. ed.Description: xx, 803p. : maps. ; 21 cm.Subject(s): History -- Ancient world history -- India | HistoryDDC classification: 934Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes appendix, chronological tables and index.
Introductory -- Sources -- The prehistoric people -- Prehistoric races and cultures in India -- The Indus civilization -- The Aryans -- The Vedic literature -- Rigvedic India -- Later Vedic civilization -- Age of the Sutras -- The Epic age -- The age of Dharam-sastras -- The caste system -- Jainism -- Buddhism -- Ancient Indian polity -- Condition of Northern India from 6th to 4th century -- The rise of Magadha -- India and Persia -- Alexander's invasion of India -- Chandragupta and Bindusara -- Asoka -- The Mauryan administration -- The Sungas and Kanvas -- The Satavahana 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, Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda -- The Vakatakas -- The Maitrakas and the Maukharis -- Harsha-Vardhana and his times -- Northern India after Harsha -- The Rashtrakutas -- The Chalukyas -- The Pallavas -- The Cholas -- The tripartite struggle for supremacy -- The Pandyas -- Greater India -- Buddhist art -- Social and cultural conditions of Northern India (650-1000/ A.D.) -- Social, religious, economic and cultural conditions in post Mauryan time (187 B.C. to 320 A.D.) -- The Sangam literature and its cultural -- Contribution of South India to Indian culture -- Republics in ancient India -- Culture and civilization during the Mauryan age
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