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

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