Ancient India, 14/e

Contents: Introduction. 1. Sources. 2. The Pre-Historic People. 3. Pre-Historic Races and Cultures in India. 4. The Harappa Culture. 5. The Aryans. 6. The Vedic Literature. 7. Rigvedic India. 8. Later Vedic Civilisation. 9. The Age of the Sutras. 10. The Epic Age. 11. The Age of the Dharam Sastra. 12. The Caste System. 13. Jainism Buddhism. 14. Ancient Indian Polity. 15. Condition of Northern lndia from 6th to 4th Century B.C. 16. The Rise of Magdha. 17. India and Persia. 18. Alexanders Invasion of India. 19. Chandragupta Maurya and Bindusara. 20. Ashoka. 21. The Mauryan Administration. 22. Culture and Civilisation during the Mauryan Age. 23. The Sungas and Kanvas. 24. Social, Religious and Cultural Conditions in Post- Mauryan Times 187 B.C. to 320 A.D. 25. The Satavahanas or Andhras. 26. The Bactrian Greeks in India. 27. The Sakas and Pallavas. 28. Rise and Fall of the Kushana Empire. 29. India and the Western World. 30. The Nagas. 31. The Gupta Empire. 32. lndia during the Gupta Age. 33. Ajanta, Ellora Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda. 34. The Vakatakas. 35. The Maitrakas and Maukharis. 36. Harshavardhana and His Times. 37. Northern India After Harsha. 38. Social and Cultural Conditions of Northern India 650-1000 A.D. 39. The Rashtrakutas. 40. The Chalukyas. 41. The Pallavas. 42. The Cholas. 43 The Tripartite Struggle for Supremacy. 44. The Pandyas. 45. Greater India. 46. Buddhist Art. 47. The Sangam Age. 48. The Contribution of South India to Indian Culture. 49. Republics in Ancient India. 50. Appendix. 51. Modern Historians of Ancient India. 52. Chronological Tablestop.