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Early India : from the origins to AD 1300
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Title
Early India : from the origins to AD 1300 / Romila Thapar.
ISBN
0520242254
9780520242258 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003, c2002.
Physical Description
xxx, 555 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
This new book represents a complete rewriting by the author of her A History of India, vol. 1.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 16, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 542-544) and index.
Contents
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.
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