India before Alexander · A New Chronology by Roy, Raja Ram Mohan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

PREFACE 1. ONCE UPON A TIME

1.1 The way we were 1.2 The Incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu 1.3 The Position of Buddha 1.4 The Solar and Lunar Races 1.5 The Rise of Magadha 1.6 The Inquiring Mind

2. THE OFFICIAL STORY

2.1 Indus Valley Civilization 2.2 The Vedic Age 2.3 The Rise of Magadha 2.4 Encounter with the Greeks 2.5 Barbarians at the Gates 2.6 The Age of Kuṣāṇas 2.7 The Age of the Sātavāhanas 2.8 The Mighty Guptas 2.9 Attack of the Hūṇas 2.10 North India after the Imperial Guptas 2.11 The Tripartite Struggle 2.12 The Paramāra Dynasty

3. THE PRIVILEGE OF ABSURDITY

3.1 Aryan Invasion Theory 3.2 Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa 3.3 Buddha 3.4 Pāṇini 3.5 Ādi Śankarāchārya 3.6 Vikramāditya 3.7 Śālivāhana Śaka 3.8 Nāgārjuna

4. FROM PERSIA WITH LOVE

4.1 Precession of the Solstices 4.2 What is in a Name? 4.3 Cyrus the Great 4.4 Where do we go from here?

5. SANDROKOTTOS VS. SANDROKOTTOS

5.1 The Predecessor of Sandrokottos 5.2 The Successor of Sandrokottos 5.3 Sandrokottos, the Person Himself 5.4 The Coinage 5.5 The Severe Famine 5.6 The List of Kings 5.7 Traditional Indian History 5.8 Empires: One too many 5.9 The Search for Palibothra 5.10 The Kingdom of Prasii

6. BELOVED OF THE GODS

6.1 The Insurmountable Challenge 6.2 Aśoka Maurya from Literature 6.3 Devānāmpriya Priyadarśī from Inscriptions 6.4 Aśoka Maurya vs. Devānāmpriya Priyadarśī 6.5 Face to face with Devānāmpriya Priyadarśī 6.6 Tying the Loose Ends

7. LAND OF THE FEARLESS

7.1 Magadha after Buddha and Mahāvīra 7.2 Magadha after Nandas 7.3 Āndhras 7.4 Ādi Śankarāchārya 7.5 The Nāga Kingdoms

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