Lectures on the Ancient History of India

About the Book: Lectures on the Ancient History of India This book covers a period of ancient Indian history, important yet hitherto unexplored, and provides fascinating details about the life, culture, arts and sciences of the era. Lectures on the Ancient History of India by D.R. Bhandarkar is acollection of three lectures focusing on the history of India from650 BC till 325 BC. Starting with the Aryan colonization of Indiaand Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Bhandarkar takes us on a journeythrough the political, administrative and social structures of thisperiod. Much remains a mystery of the ancient Indian land before theclassical civilizations of the Mauryan and Gupta empires emerged.Lectures on the Ancient History of India discusses the culture,practices, sciences and arts of society during that time, revealinga country that was far more advanced in relation with the rest ofthe world. About the Author: D.R. Bhandarkar D.R. Bhandarkar was a writer, historian and Carmichael Professorof the Calcutta University in the early 1900s. He mainly worked inthe field of ancient Indian history and numismatics.