India · The Ancient Past · A History of the Indian Subcontinent From C. 7000 BCE to CE 1200 by Avari, Burjor -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of excerpts List of illustrations Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Acknowledgements Synopsis 1 Introduction

Defining terms Why study ancient India? Time, space and people Sources of study

2 From Africa to Mehrgarh: the early prehistory of India

Earliest phases of human settlement and activity The Neolithic Revolution and the rise of agriculture Development of proto-urban settlements in the late Neolithic period

3 The Harappan–Indus–Sarasvati civilisation

Phases of progress in Harappan archaeology Understanding the Mature Harappan phase The demise of the Harappan civilisation

4 Who were the Aryans?

Understanding the Aryans The Aryan expansion The Vedic world of the Indo-Aryans

5 Post-Vedic centuries

The rise of the state system Persian and Greek intrusions The second urbanisation Dissent and heterodoxy Varieties of literature

6 The Mauryan state: imperialism and compassion

Chandragupta Maurya and his court Ashoka and his Dhamma The Mauryan world

7 Between the Mauryas and the Guptas

New dynasties and new centres of power The international trade of India New trends in Indian religions Secular literature, sciences and the arts

8 The era of the Imperial Guptas

The empire and the emperors Gupta society: a world in transition Indian achievements in the Gupta period

9 Feudal north India

The dynastic landscape Kingship in the feudal age Aspects of northern economy and society Arab and Turco-Afghan invasions of the north

10 The ascendancy of the south

The dynastic landscape Kingship and authority in a southern kingdom The economy of the south Caste and gender in the south

11 Across north and south: cultural unity and diversity

The religious landscape Art and architecture Literature and thought Cultural influences abroad

Select glossary of Indic terms Select glossary of archaic Indic place names Classification of ancient Indian texts by subject Bibliography Index

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