History Of Ancient India (portraits Of A Nation), 1/e

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Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010 - India - 684 pages
 

Contents

Historiography
3
List of Maps
8
Sources of History and Historical Evidence
12
Honesty in Sifting Evidence and Problems of Interpretation 288
28
SECTION
33
Map of the Subcontinent Mahabharata time Bhudev Sharma end paper
46
Beginnings of Indian Civilization and European Time Frame
56
Submerged Cities and Advanced Civilizations in Ancient India
84
Asokas Empire
310
Intervening Period and the Kushana Era
319
Kushana Empire S Kalyanaraman 323
323
The Gupta Period
336
Samudraguptas Empire
337
Invasion by Huns and Rise of the Vardhana Dynasty
353
Pratiharas Paramaras Palas
361
Indias Contributions to the World of Ideas
372

Homeland of Early Indians
93
Sapta Sindhou public domain
94
The Vedic Age
118
Sarasvati During the Time of Yayati and his Sons 4th millenia B C
122
Routes of Internal Trade
131
Vedic Age and the Technologically Advanced
136
Old and Current Channels of River Sarasvati S Kalyanaraman 141
141
Vedic Religion Hinduism
168
Indian Culture
183
Indian Society and the Varna Dharma
189
The Age of Epics
208
Map of Gulf of Khambat showing submerged deltas of Narmada
217
The Rise of Buddhism and Jainism
246
Zoroastrianism
263
The Age of Assimilation and Expansion of Ideas
270
SECTION THREE Ancient India during 600 B C to 1000 A D
277
The Rise of Magadha Empire
279
Magadha in 6th Century B C Ananda M Sharan
280
The Nanda Empire
287
The Invasion of Alexander and its Impact
290
The Maurya Dynasty
298
Chandragupta Mauryas Empire
301
The Contributions of Ancient India to the Civilization of Mankind
385
History of Medicine and Surgery in Ancient India The Science of Ayurveda
427
Impact of Indian Culture and Indian Civilization
440
Music Dance and Drama in Ancient India
471
Women in Ancient India
487
SECTION FOUR History of Southern India
511
Early History
513
Current map of Southern India
515
The Satvahana Dynasty of Western India
528
Satvahana Empire and Kanishkas Empire
529
The Kadamba Dynasty
535
Kadamba Empire
538
The Ganga Dynasty
542
The Chalukyas of Badami
552
Empire of Chalukyas of Badami
553
The Pallava Dynasty
563
The Rashtrakuta Dynasty
578
Rashtrakuta Empire
579
The Imperial Cholas and Pandyas
591
Trade between India and other Eastern Countries
619
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