Contents: I. From the accession of Parikshit to the coronation of Bimbisara: 1. Introduction. 2. Kurus and Videhas. 3. Mahajanapadas and Kingship. II. From the coronation of Bimbisara to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty: 1. Introduction. 2. The rise of Magadha. 3. The Persian and Macedonian invasions. 4. The Maurya Empire: the era of Digvijaya. 5. The Maurya empire: the era of Dhammavijaya and decline. 6. The Sunga (?) Empire and the Bactrian Greeks. 7. The fall of the Magadhan and Indo-Greek Powers. 8. Scythian rule in Northern India. 9. Scythian rule in Southern and Western India. 10. The Gupta Empire: the rise of the Gupta power. 11. The Gupta Empire (continued): the age of the Vikramadityas. 12. The Gupta Empire (continued) : the Later Guptas. Appendices, Indexes etc."
