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Index
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Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Origins
Chapter 1: The First Civilization: The Proto-Australoids
Chapter 2: The Second Civilization: The Dravidians
THE PRE-ARYAN WORLD
THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES
DRAVIDIAN RELIGIONS
SOUTHERN INDIA, LAST REFUGE OF THE DRAVIDIAN WORLD
Chapter 3: The Third Civilization: The Aryans
THE AILAS
THE GREAT MAHABHARATA WAR
VEDIC RELIGION
Part 2: The Beginnings of History
Chapter 4: The Sources
SANSKRIT AS A LANGUAGE
HISTORICAL WORKS
FOREIGN SOURCES
Chapter 5: Buddhism and the Empire of Magadha
BUDDHISM
THE SHISHUNAGA-NANDA PERIOD (642–320 B.C.E.)
THE NANDA DYNASTY (425–325 B.C.E.)
Chapter 6: The Iranian and Greek Invasions
THE IRANIANS
INDIA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
THE GREEKS
ALEXANDER
THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER
GREEK INFLUENCE ON INDIAN CULTURE
Part 3: The Great Empires
Chapter 7: The Maurya Empire
CHANDRAGUPTA
ARTS, CULTURE, RELIGION
BINDUSARA
ASHOKA
Chapter 8: The Shungas and the Kanvas
THE SHUNGAS (187 TO 75 B.C.E.)
THE KANVAS (77 TO 30 B.C.E..)
Chapter 9: The Romans, Scythians, and Parthians
THE ROMANS
THE SCYTHIANS (SHAKAS) AND PARTHIANS (PALLAVAS)
YUEH CHI KUSHANAS
KANISHKA
THE WESTERN SATRAPS
Chapter 10: The Andhra Empire
THE SATAVAHANAS (FIRST CENTURY B.C.E. TO THIRD CENTURY C.E.)
KALINGA
THE BARASHIVAS (THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES)
Chapter 11: The Golden Age of the Guptas
CHANDRAGUPTA (319–330)
SAMUDRAGUPTA (330–380)
VIKRAMADITYA (380–415)
THE GUPTA ADMINISTRATION
THE HUNS (FIFTH CENTURY)
THE DECLINE OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE
THE LAST GUPTAS (SIXTH TO SEVENTH CENTURY)
Chapter 12: The Deccan Kingdoms
THE VAKATAKAS
THE KADAMBAS AND THE GANGAS
THE CHALUKYAS OF BADAMI
Chapter 13: The Vardhamanas
HARSHA
HIUEN TSANG
YASHOVARMAN OF KANAUJ
Part 4: The Medieval Period
Chapter 14: The Eastern and Southern Kingdoms
THE RASHTRAKUTAS OF MALKHED (700 –1000)
THE PALAS OF BENGAL
THE PALLAVAS OF KANCHI
THE PANDYAS
THE CHOLAS OF TANJORE
THE CHALUKYAS
Chapter 15: The Rajputs
THE RAJPUTS
THE GURJARA-PRATIHARAS
THE PARAMARAS OF MALWA (UJJAIN)
Chapter 16: Colonial Expansion
CHAMPA AND KAMBOJA
THE ISLANDS
Part 5: Muslim Domination
Chapter 17: The Arabs, Turks, and Afghans
THE ARABS
MAHMUD OF GHAZNI
MUHAMMAD OF GHOUR AND THE SLAVE DYNASTY
THE KHALJI DYNASTY
THE TUGHLUQ DYNASTY
TIMUR
THE SAYYIDS AND THE LODIS
THE MUSLIM STATE AND ITS INFLUENCES
Chapter 18: The Vijayanagar Empire
Chapter 19: The Mogul Empire
BABUR
HUMAYUN
SHER SHAH
AKBAR
JAHANGIR (1605–1627)
SHAH JAHAN (1628–1658)
AURANGZEB ALAMGIR (1658–1707)
THE SIKHS
THE RAJPUTS
THE DECCAN
THE MARATHAS
NADIR SHAH
THE LAST “EMPERORS”
THE HINDU POLITICAL RENAISSANCE
Part 6: The Europeans in India
Chapter 20: The Pioneers
THE PORTUGUESE
THE DUTCH
Chapter 21: The British East India Company
THE FRENCH
Chapter 22: Anglo-French Conflicts
Chapter 23: The Growth of British Power
TERRITORIAL ANNEXATIONS
THE 1857–1859 MUTINY
INDIA AFTER THE MUTINY
THE EMPIRE’S INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY
Chapter 24: The End of the Empire and Independence
NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
THE AWAKENING OF NATIONALISM
GANDHI
THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
INDIA AND PAKISTAN
INDEPENDENCE
Part 7: India after Independence
Chapter 25: Congress and the Nehru “Dynasty”
NEHRU
CONGRESS LEADERS AFTER NEHRU
INDIRA GANDHI
THE BIRTH OF BANGLADESH
THE JANA SANGH
THE DEATH OF INDIRA GANDHI
Chapter 26: Pakistan
Chapter 27: National Challenges
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
THE FATE OF THE TRIBES
THE FUTURE OF INDIA
Editor’s Note: Subsequent Developments
Chronological Table
Footnotes
Bibliography
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
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