The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volumes 65-66

Abhinavagupta agrarian agriculture Ancient India archaeological Arjuna Atranjikhera Bengal Bihar Brāhmaṇa Brāhmaṇical British Buddhist Budhagupta Calcutta capital caste century A. D. chapter coins commercial contemporary context culture D. C. Sircar dāna decline Delhi early medieval economic epic epigraphic evidence excavations Ganga Garhwalis German guilds Gupta period Hastinapur Hindu historians Hsuan Tsang Ibid Ibn Khaldun important Indian feudalism Indian History inscriptions jāti Kālidāsa king Kṛṣṇa Kuṣāņa labour large number legend literary literature Magadha Mahābhārata Maithili Mathura mentioned Mishra Mithila municipal Muslim Nāgas nature op.cit Orissa Patna pattern peasants phase plough political post-Gupta production Purāņa R. S. Sharma refers region religious river role ruler Samudragupta Sanskrit Santi scholars settlement Siyaḍoni Skandagupta social society sources structure suggest Tarafdar temple texts tion Tirabhukti towns trade tradesmen twelfth century urban centres V. K. Thakur varna varņas Vedic village ware Yudhisthira