Sharma R S <br/><br/>
India's Ancient Past 

 - New Delhi  Oxford University Press  2010 
 - xiii, 387p. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Front Matter<br/>1 The Significance of Ancient Indian History<br/>2 Modern Historians of Ancient India<br/>3 Nature of Sources and Historical Construction<br/>4 Geographical Setting<br/>5 Ecology and Environment<br/>6 The Linguistic Background<br/>7 Human Evolution: The Old Stone Age<br/>8 The Neolithic Age: First Food Producers and Animal Keepers<br/>9 Chalcolithic Cultures<br/>10 Harappan Culture: Bronze Age Urbanization in the Indus Valley<br/>11 Identity of Aryan Culture<br/>12 The Age of the Rig Veda<br/>13 The Later Vedic Phase: Transition to State and Social Orders<br/>14 Jainism and Buddhism<br/>15 Territorial States and the Rise of Magadha<br/>16 Iranian and Macedonian Invasions<br/>17 State Structure and the Varna System in the Age of the Buddha<br/>18 The Maurya Age<br/>19 The Significance of Maurya Rule<br/>20 Central Asian Contact and Mutual Impact<br/>21 The Satavahana Phase<br/>22 The Dawn of History in the Deep South<br/>23 Crafts, Commerce, and Urban Growth (200 BC–AD 250)<br/>24 Rise and Growth of the Gupta Empire<br/>25 Life in the Gupta Age<br/>26 Spread of Civilization in Eastern India<br/>27 Harsha and His Times<br/>28 Brahmanization, Rural Expansion, and Peasant Protest in the Peninsula<br/>29 Developments in Philosophy<br/>30 Cultural Interaction with Asian Countries<br/>31 From Ancient to Medieval<br/>32 Sequence of Social Changes<br/>33 Legacy in Science and Civilization<br/>End Matter 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195687859 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India's Ancient Past<br/>History--Ancient India<br/>Ancient Indian History<br/>India--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>934  / SHA/I