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India : the ancient past : a history of the Indian sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200 / Burjor Avari.

By: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.Description: xviii, 284 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415356169 (pbk.) :
  • 0415356164 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS451 .A87 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- From Africa to Mehrgarh : the early pre-history of India -- The Harappan Civilisation -- The Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Age -- Formative centuries of the pre-Mauryan era -- The paradox of Mauryan imperialism -- Diffusion and dynamism after the Mauryas -- Stability and change under the imperial Guptas -- The post-Gupta era and the rise of the south -- Regionalism and feudalism : Rajput, Pala and Rashtrakuta kingdoms -- Chola domination in the south and Turco-Afghan plunder in the north.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-278) and index.

Introduction -- From Africa to Mehrgarh : the early pre-history of India -- The Harappan Civilisation -- The Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Age -- Formative centuries of the pre-Mauryan era -- The paradox of Mauryan imperialism -- Diffusion and dynamism after the Mauryas -- Stability and change under the imperial Guptas -- The post-Gupta era and the rise of the south -- Regionalism and feudalism : Rajput, Pala and Rashtrakuta kingdoms -- Chola domination in the south and Turco-Afghan plunder in the north.

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