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The Penguin history of early India : from the origins to AD 1300 / Romila Thapar.

By: Publication details: New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2002.Description: xxx, 555 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780143029892
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 934 THA
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Contents:
Chronology: c. 1000 BC-AD 1300 xiii; Introduction xvii; 1. Perceptions of the Past 1; 2 Landscapes and Peoples 37; 3 Antecedents 69; 4 Towards Chiefdoms and Kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC (98); 5 States and Cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC: 137; 6 The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC. 174. 7. Of Politics and Trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300: 209; 8 The Rise of the Mercantile Community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 (245); 9 Threshold Times: c. AD 300-700 2.80; 10. The Peninsula: Emerging Regional Kingdoms C. AD 500-900 32. 6; 11 The Peninsula: Establishing Authorities and Structures c. AD 900-1300: 363; 12 The Politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200: 405; 13 Northern India: Distributive Political Economies and Regional Cultures; c. AD 800-1300: 442; Maps 491;
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This new book represents a complete rewriting by the author of her A History of India, vol. 1.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 542-544) and index.

Chronology: c. 1000 BC-AD 1300 xiii;
Introduction xvii;
1. Perceptions of the Past 1;
2 Landscapes and Peoples 37;
3 Antecedents 69;
4 Towards Chiefdoms and Kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC (98);
5 States and Cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC: 137;
6 The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC. 174.
7. Of Politics and Trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300: 209;
8 The Rise of the Mercantile Community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 (245);
9 Threshold Times: c. AD 300-700 2.80;
10. The Peninsula: Emerging Regional Kingdoms C. AD 500-900 32. 6;
11 The Peninsula: Establishing Authorities and Structures c. AD 900-1300: 363;
12 The Politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200: 405;
13 Northern India: Distributive Political Economies and Regional Cultures; c. AD 800-1300: 442;
Maps 491;