Ancient India: From the Earliest Times to the First Century A.D. |
Contents
CHAP | 1 |
THE CIVILIZATIONS OF INDIA | 24 |
THE PERIOD OF THE VEDAS | 36 |
THE PERIOD OF THE BRAHMANAS AND UPANISHADS | 52 |
THE RISE OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM | 64 |
THE INDIAN DOMINIONS OF THE PERSIAN | 77 |
THE MAURYA EMPIRE | 99 |
INDIA AFTER THE DECLINE OF THE MAURYA | 113 |
THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT | 122 |
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Ancient India from the Earliest Times to the First Century A.D. Edward James Rapson No preview available - 1974 |
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Açoka Afghanistan Alexander Alexander's Ancient India Andhra Antialcidas Antiochus Aryan Aryan civilization atman Bactria belong BESNAGAR Brahman Brāhmaṇas Brahmi Buddha Buddhist Çaka ÇAKYA capital century A.D. Ceylon Chandragupta character chief coins conquest Çunga Demetrius denote dialects District dominions doubt Dravidian dynasty east edicts emperor epic Eucratides Euthydemus evidence Gandhara Ganges Græco-Indian Greek and Latin Greek princes Hindu Kush house of Euthydemus hymns Indian literature Indo-European Indus inscriptions of Darius invaders invasion Jain Jainism Jainism and Buddhism Jumna Kabul Valley Kalinga Kharoshthi Kosala Kosala Oudh Kushāņa language later List of Cities literary Mahabharata Malava Maues Maurya empire Menander mentioned Mithradates modern Muttra North-Western India Northern Pahlavas Pañchāla Parthian period Persian Empire Prakrit probably Punjab Purāņas Rāmāyaṇa region reign religion religious Rig-veda river rule sacred Sanskrit satraps Seleucus Southern India successors Syria Taxila tion traced tribe United Provinces Upanishads veda Vedic Videha Yajur-veda