Ancient India

1. Introduction, 2. Sources, 3. The Pre-historic People, 4. Pre-historic Races and Cultures in India, 5. The Harappa Culture (The Indus Valley Civilization),
6. The Aryans, 7. The Vedic Literature, 8. Rigvedic India, 9. Later Vedic Civilization, 10. Age of The Sutras, 11. Epic Age, 12. The Age of Dharma
Sastras, 13. The Caste System, 14. Jainism, 15. Buddhism, 16. Ancient Indian Polity, 17. Condition of Northern India from 6th to 4th Century B.C.,
18. The Rise of Magadha, 19. India and Persia, 20. Alexander's Invasion of India, 21. Chandragupta and Bindusara, 22. Asoka (273 B.C.-236 B.C.),
23. The Mauryan Administration, 24. Culture and Civilisation During The Mauryan Age, 25. The Sungas and Kanvas, 26. Social, Religious, Economic
and Cultural Conditions in Post-mauryan Times (187b.c.-320 A.D.), 27. The Satavahanas or Andhras, 28. The Bactrian Greeks in India, 29. The Sakas
and The Pahlavas, 30. Rise and Fall of The Kushana Empire, 31. India and The Western World, 32. The Nagas, 33. The Gupta Empire, 34. India During
the Gupta Age, 35. Ajanta, Ellora, Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda, 36. The Vakatakas, 37. The Maitrakas and The Maukharis, 38. Harshavardhana
and His Times, 39. Northern India after Harsha, 40. Social and Cultural Conditions of Northern India (650-1000 A.D.), 41. The Rashtrakutas, 42.
The Chalukyas, 43. The Pallavas, 44. The Cholas, 45. The Tripartite Struggle for Supremacy, 46. The Pandyas, 47. Greater India, 48. Buddhist Art,
49. The Sangam Age, 50. Contribution of South India to Indian Culture, 51. Republics in Ancient India, • Appendix Modern Historians of Ancient
India, • Chronological Table, • Index

• Balanced account of historical transition from ancient to middle ages
• Insightful interpretation of evidential sources, theory and disputations
• Interesting exposition of specific cultures and political, social, cultural, linguistic
and economic developments