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