India's ancient past / R.S. Sharma.

By:

Sharma, Ram Sharan, 1920-2011

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xi, 387 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780195687859 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 934 SHA 017218

Contents:

The significance of ancient Indian history -- Modern historians of ancient India -- Nature of sources and historical construction -- Geographical setting -- Ecology and environment -- The linguistic background -- Human evolution: the Old Stone Age -- The Neolithic Age: first food producers and animal keepers -- Chalcolithic cultures -- Harappan culture: Bronze Age, urbanization in the Indus Valley -- Identity of Aryan Culture -- The age of the Rig Veda -- The later Vedic Phase: transition to state and social orders -- Jainism and Buddhism -- Territorial states and the rise of Magadha -- Iranian and Macedonian invasions -- State structure and the Varna System in the Age of the Buddha -- The Maurya Age -- The significance of Maurya rule -- Central Asian contact and mutual impact -- The Satavahana Phase -- The dawn of history in the deep south -- Crafts, commerce, and urban growth (200 BC-AD 250) -- Rise and growth of the Gupta Empire -- Life in the Gupta Age -- Spread of civilization in Eastern India -- Harsha and his times -- Brahmanization, rural expansion, and peasant protest in the peninsula -- Developments in philosophy -- Cultural interaction with Asian countries -- From Ancient to Medieval -- Sequence of social changes -- Legacy in science and civilization.

Summary: "In this narrative R. S. Sharma provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the history of ancient India. India's Ancient Past traces the development of social formation, polities, and cultures in India from the emergence of the first human beings to the advent of the early medieval period." "This book is a readable introduction to India's early history for students, tourists, and the interested general reader."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	934 SHA 017218 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		017218

Based on the author's Ancient India, originally published in 1977.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-362) and index.

The significance of ancient Indian history --
Modern historians of ancient India --
Nature of sources and historical construction --
Geographical setting --
Ecology and environment --
The linguistic background --
Human evolution: the Old Stone Age --
The Neolithic Age: first food producers and animal keepers --
Chalcolithic cultures --
Harappan culture: Bronze Age, urbanization in the Indus Valley --
Identity of Aryan Culture --
The age of the Rig Veda --
The later Vedic Phase: transition to state and social orders --
Jainism and Buddhism --
Territorial states and the rise of Magadha --
Iranian and Macedonian invasions --
State structure and the Varna System in the Age of the Buddha --
The Maurya Age --
The significance of Maurya rule --
Central Asian contact and mutual impact --
The Satavahana Phase --
The dawn of history in the deep south --
Crafts, commerce, and urban growth (200 BC-AD 250) --
Rise and growth of the Gupta Empire --
Life in the Gupta Age --
Spread of civilization in Eastern India --
Harsha and his times --
Brahmanization, rural expansion, and peasant protest in the peninsula --
Developments in philosophy --
Cultural interaction with Asian countries --
From Ancient to Medieval --
Sequence of social changes --
Legacy in science and civilization.

"In this narrative R. S. Sharma provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the history of ancient India. India's Ancient Past traces the development of social formation, polities, and cultures in India from the emergence of the first human beings to the advent of the early medieval period." "This book is a readable introduction to India's early history for students, tourists, and the interested general reader."--BOOK JACKET.

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