(An) Advanced history of India / by R. C. Majumdar, H. C. Raychaudhuri and Kalikinkar Datta

Includes index.

PART I : ANCIENT INDIA : Physical aspects and underlying Unity -- The prehistoric period -- The early Vedic Age -- Later Vedic civilization -- The beginnings of Magadhan ascendancy and the coming of the Yavanas -- Civilization in the early days of Magadhan ascendancy -- The Maurya Empire -- The disruption of the Magadhan empire and incursions from Central Asia and Iran -- Civilization in the era of Mauryan imperialism and of Graeco-Scythian invasion -- The Gupta Empire -- The struggle against the huns and the ascendancy of Kanauj, Kashmir and Gauda -- The Deccan from the fall of the Satavahanas to the end of Rashtrakuta Supremacy : rise of the empires of Kanchi and Karnata -- The passing of the old hindu kingdoms -- Indian civilization under the Imperial Guptas and their successors -- Colonial and cultural expansion -- Monuments of ancient India -- Genealogical tables to Part I -- Bibliography to Part I -- PART II : MEDIEVAL INDIA : BOOK I : THE MUSLIM CONQUEST AND THE DELHI SULTANATE : The advent of the Muslims -- The so-called Slave Dynasty and the consolidation of Muslim power in northern India -- The Khaljis and the expansion of the Sultanate to the south -- The house of Tughluq and the beginning of disruption -- Disintegration of the Delhi sultanate -- The Government of the Turko-Afghans in India and moral as well as material conditions of the country during their rule -- BOOK II : THE MUGHAL EMPIRE : Mughal-Afghan contest for Supremacy in India A.D.1526-1556 -- Akbar the Great -- Jahangir and Shah Jahan -- Aurangzeb Alamgir 1658-1707 -- Disintegration of the Mughal Empire -- Mughal administration -- Social and economic life -- Education, literature and art -- Genealogical tables to Part II -- Bibliography to Part II -- PART III : MODERN INDIA : BOOK I : THE RISE AND GROWTH OF THE BRITISH POWER : Advent of Europeans -- Rise of the British power 1740-1756 -- Growth of the British power 1765-1798 -- Establishment of British Ascendancy 1798-1823 -- Expansion of the British dominion beyond the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej 1774-1858 -- The company and the minor Indian states 1774-1858 -- The Indian revolt of 1857-59 -- Administrative organisation up to the revolt -- Trade and industry in 1757-1857 -- The dawn of new India -- BOOK II : MODERN INDIA -- Political relations 1858 to 1905 -- White Hall and the Government of India 1858 to 1995 -- Internal administration 1858-1905 -- The growth of new India 1858-1905 -- Political relations 1906-1937 -- Constitutional changes 1906-1937 -- Internal administration and general condition 1906-1938