A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th CenturyBasic Approach |
Contents
Ideas of the Early Indian Past
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The ruins at Bhita
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Understanding Literary and Archaeological Sources
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A 12th century manuscript of the Prajnaparamita
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Purana Qila excavations in progress 1954
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The mound of Hastinapura
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Nagarjunakonda salvage operations in progress
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Excavated section Hastinapura
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THE MIDDLE AND LOWER GANGA VALLEY
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CLASS KINSHIP VARNA AND CASTE
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The Maurya Empire c 324187 BCE
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The lion capital of Ashokas Sarnath pillar
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ASHOKAS INSCRIPTIONS
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LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROFILES OF CITIES
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Krishna and Balarama on Agathocles coins
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Hero stone from Khanapur Karnataka
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Silver GurjaraPratihara coin
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HunterGatherers of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ages
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Arun Sonakia
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The Bhimbetka rock shelters
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Burin from Mukat Manipur
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Microliths from various sites
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Graves subsistence and settlement patterns
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CONCLUSIONS
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Neolithic Neolithic
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A pot from Nal Baluchistan
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Neolithic stone tools Burzahom
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Celts from Nayapur and Kuchai
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Female figurine Mehrgarh
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The Harappan Civilization c 26001900 BCE
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Painted designs on carly Harappan pottery Nal and Kulli
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THE DIVERSITY OF THE HARAPPAN SUBSISTENCE BASE
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Shortughaia Harappan trading post in Afghanistan_169
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Images from Texts
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THE HISTORICAL MILIEU OF LATER VEDIC AGE TEXTS
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The atman according to Uddalaka Aruni
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The IndoGangetic divide the upper Ganga valley
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The middle Ganga valley
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The chalcolithic farmers of the Deccan
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late Jorwe terracotta figurine Inamgaon
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PGW sherds from various sites
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North India c 600300 BCE
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NBPW from various sites
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POLITICAL CONFLICTS AND THE GROWTH
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THE EXAMPLE
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Ring wells and storage jar Purana Qila
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THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MAURYA EMPIRE
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ASHOKA AND BUDDHISM
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The Rummindei pillar incription
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Stone sculpture Lohaniganj
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Interaction and Innovation c 200 BCE300 CE
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Copper coin of Soter Megas
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Aesthetics and Empire c 300600 CE
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THE EMERGENCE OF TANTRA
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THE WORSHIP OF OTHER DEITIES
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A CLASSICAL AGE OF ART?
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SCULPTURE
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MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
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Emerging Regional Configurations c 6001200 CE
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SOURCES LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL
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THE FAR SOUTH
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EASTERN INDIA
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KASHMIR AND THE NORTHWEST
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THE IMPACT OF BRAHMANA SETTLEMENTS ON AGRARIAN RELATIONS
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URBAN PROCESSES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA
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The Goddess as killer of the demon Mahisha
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PATRONAGE TO TEMPLES
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THE PALLAVA KINGDOM
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CHOLA METAL SCULPTURE
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A Note on Diacritics
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