Burjor Avari

India: The Ancient Past (eBook, ePUB)

A History of the Indian Subcontinent from c. 7000 BCE to CE 1200

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

India: The Ancient Past provides an accessible and comprehensive coverage of the political, spiritual, cultural and geographical history of India. Including, the Harappan Civilisation, the rise of Hindu culture, the influx of Islam from the eighth to the twelfth century and key empire, states and dynasties. This fully revised and updated new edition includes the significance of women in ancient India across all ranks and the respective authority they wielded. It also includes two new chapters exploring the northern and southern patterns of regional kingdoms. Featuring primary source extracts alongside the history, India: The Ancient Past is essential reading for all students of Indian history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317236726
• Artikelnr.: 45434059

Autorenporträt

Burjor Avari MBE is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He has taught history at school and university levels for over five decades. His previous publications include Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent (Routledge, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. From Africa to Mehrgarh 3. The Harappan Civilization 4.
The Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Age 5. Formative Centuries of the Pre-Mauryan
Era 6. The Paradox of Mauryan Imperialism 7. Diffusion and Dynamism after
the Mauryas 8. Stability and Change Under the Imperial Guptas 9. The
Post-Gupta Era and the Rise of the South 10. Regionalism and Feudalism:
Rajput, Pala and 296 Rashtrakuta Kingdoms 11. Chola Domination in the South
and Turco-Afhan Plunder in the North