Early India From the Origins to AD 1300

Name: Early India From the Origins to AD 1300
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ISBN: 9780520242258

ISBN-10: 0520242254

ISBN-13: 9780520242258

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Authors: Romila Thapar

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Early India represents a complete rewriting by Romila Thapar of her classic work, A History of India (the first volume in the Penguin History of India series), thirty-five years after it was first published. Thapar has incorporated the vast changes in scholarly understanding and interpretation of Indian history that have occurred during her lifetime to revise the book for a new generation of readers. This new work brings to life thousands of years of history, tracing India's evolution before contact with modern Europe was established: its prehistoric beginnings; the great cities of the Indus civilization; the emergence of mighty dynasties such as the Mauryas, Guptas, and Cholas; the…

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List price: $36.95
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 586
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Romila Thapar is Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgements


Note on the Bibliographies


Chronology: c. 1000 BC-AD 1300


Introduction


Perceptions of the Past


Landscapes and Peoples


Antecedents


Towards Chiefdoms and Kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC


States and Cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC


The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC


Of Politics and Trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300


The Rise of the Mercantile Community: c. 200 BC-AD 300


Threshold Times: c. AD 300-700


The Peninsula: Emerging Regional Kingdoms; c. AD 500-900


The Peninsula: Establishing Authorities and Structures; c. AD 900-1300


The Politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200


Northern India: Distributive Political Economies and Regional Cultures; c. AD 800-1300


Maps


Glossary


Select Bibliographies


General Bibliography


Index