Thapar, Romila

(The) Penguin history of early India from the origins to AD1300 by Romila Thapar - New Delhi Penguin Books 2002 - xxx, 555p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Includes glossary, bibliography and index.

Perceptions of the past -- Landscapes and peoples -- Antecedents -- Towards chiefdoms and kingdoms: c.1200-60 BC -- States and cities of the Indo-Gangetic plain: c.600-300BC -- The emergence of empire: Mauryan India; c.321-185 BC -- Of politics and trade: c.200BC - AD 300 -- Threshold times: c.AD 300-700 -- The Peninsula: establishing authorities and structures; c.AD 900-1300 -- The politics of northern India: c.AD 700-1200 -- Northern India: distributive political economies and regional cultures; c.AD 800-1300

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