(The) Age of iron and the religious revolution c.700 - c.350 BC / by Krishna Mohan Shrimali
By: Shrimali, Krishna Mohan [Author].
Material type: TextSeries: A people's history of India 4.Publisher: New Delhi : Tulika Books, 2018.Edition: 7th ed.Description: xii, 160p. : maps, tables, figures ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9789382381730.Subject(s): History -- Ancient world history -- India -- 700 - 350 BC | History | Iron eraDDC classification: 934.03Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes chronology and index.
THE IRON AGE, SURPLUS AND ECONOMIC CHANGE, C.700-C. 350 BC : Iron in Northern India -- Iron age in peninsular India -- Agriculture -- Other aspects of material culture -- Iron and production of surplus -- Metal money -- Trade -- Long-distance trade, crafts and cities in the Northwest -- SETTLEMENTS, TOWNS AND THE SOCIAL ORDER : Rural settlements in literary texts -- Towns in literary texts -- Cities: the archaeological perspective -- Social groups -- Gender relations, marriage -- Occupational divisions -- Acculturation and the growth of the caste system -- POLITIES AND FORMATION OF STATES : The Janapadas -- Polities in Northwestern India -- Mahajanapadas as socio-cultural regions -- State formation -- The rise of Magadha -- THE RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION : The intellectual ferment -- Ajivikas -- The Jaina system -- The Dhamma of the Buddha -- Brahmanism and Brahmanical texts
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