A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India (Paperback)

Brief Contents

Photographs, Maps, and Figures................... xii
About the Author .............................xvi
Preface ...........................xvii
Acknowledgements ..............................xx
A Reader's Guide ..............................xxiii

Introduction: Ideas of the Early Indian Past................... 2
1. Understanding Literary and Archaeological Sources ..................12
2. Hunter-Gatherers of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ages.................... 58
3. The Transition to Food Production: Neolithic, Neolithic- Chalcolithic, and Chalcolithic Villages, c. 7000-2000 BCE ......................94
4. The Harappan Civilization, c. 2600-1900 BCE............................ 132
5. Cultural Transitions: Images from Texts and Archaeology, c. 2000-600 BCE .............................182
6. Cities, Kings, and Renunciants: North India, c. 600-300 BCE ...........................256
7. Power and Piety: The Maurya Empire, c. 324-187 BCE .........................320
8. Interaction and Innovation, c. 200 BCE-300 CE .........................368
9. Aesthetics and Empire, c. 300-600 CE .........................472
10. Emerging Regional Configurations, c. 600-1200 CE .......................546

A Note on Diacritics ..........................644
Glossary .........................645
Further Readings ...........................650
References ........................656
Index ................................667
Credits ............................676