"This new book represents a complete rewriting by the author of her hugely successful A History of India, vol. 1"--CIP data sheet.
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.
