S. Chand Publication [Prachin Bharat ka Itihas (Ancient India) Paperback] by V. D. Mahajan

S. Chand Publication [Prachin Bharat ka Itihas (Ancient India) Paperback] by V. D. Mahajan

Contents

• Introduction • Sources

• The Pre-Historic People

• Pre-Historic Races and Cultures in India

• The Harappa Culture (The Indus Civilization)

• The Aryans

• The Vedic Literature

• Rigvedic India

• Later Vedic Civilization

• Age of the Sutras

• Epic Age

• The Age of Dharma Sastras

• The Caste System

• Jainism

• Buddhism

• Ancient Indian Polity

• Condition of Northern India (From 6th to 4th Century B.C.)

• The Rise of Magadha

• India and Persia

• Alexander's Invasion of India

• Chandragupta and Bindusara

• Asoka (273 B.C.-236 B.C.)

• The Mauryan Administration

• Culture and Civilisation During the Mauryan Age

• The Sungas and Kanvas

• Social, Religious, Economic and Cultural Conditions in Post-Mauryan Times (187 B.C. - 320 A.D.)

• The Satavahanas or Andhras

• The Bactrian Greeks in India

• The Sakas and the Pahlavas

• Rise and fall of the Kushana Empire

• India and the Western World

• The Nagas

• The Gupta Empire

• India during the Gupta Age

• Ajanta, Ellora, Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda

• The Vakatakas

• The Maitrakas and the Maukharis

• Harsha-vardhana and his Times

• Northern India after Harsha

• Social and Cultural Conditions of Northern India (650-1000 A.D.)

• The Rashtrakutas

• The Chalukyas

• The Pallavas

• The Cholas

• The Tripartite Struggle for Supremacy

• The Pandyas

• Greater India

• Buddhist Art

• The Sangam Age

• Contribution of South India to Indian Culture

• Republics in Ancient India