An Introduction to the Study of Indian HistoryThe use of scientific methodology, modern techniques of interpretation, and selection and analysis of basic problems make An Introduction to the Study of Indian History a vivid and absorbing read. The author has thrown open new fields for research through this book, which serves as a critical guide to scientific historical thought. It helps the reader gain profound insight into the past by examining monuments, customs and surviving records. At the same time, the present is shown to be the inevitable result of a steady historical development. Complete grasp of the material and mastery of detail shown in the survey of the development from a pre-historic tribal society to the present machine-age make this volume a unique contribution to contemporary historiography. |
Contents
MAKING | xxxix |
COMMENTARY TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS Ixiii | lxiii |
SCOPE AND METHODS | 1 |
Production 826 | 8 |
THE HERITAGE OF PRECLASS SOCIETY | 17 |
Coins 2741 | 27 |
Religion 4251 | 42 |
CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM IN THE INDUS VALLEY | 53 |
THE ARYAN EXPANSION | 110 |
THE RISE OF MAGADHA | 144 |
THE FORMATION OF A VILLAGE ECONOMY | 185 |
INTERLUDE OF TRADE AND INVASIONS | 240 |
FEUDALISM FROM ABOVE | 305 |
Early feudal developments 2 Growth of villages | 336 |
FEUDALISM FROM BELOW | 362 |
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agriculture ancient archaeology army Arth Arthaśāstra Aryan Asoka Bihār Bombay brahmin Buddha Buddhist Candragupta caste cattle cave century A. D. chief cities clan coins commodity production common copper cult cultivation culture Dāsa demon developed dynasty empire excavations feudal Gangetic goddess gods gotra Greek guilds Gupta Harappa Hindu important India Indra Indus valley inscriptions Jain Jāt Jātakas king kingdom known Kosala kṣatriya labour land language later legend Licchavi Magadhan mark Mauryan means meant Megasthenes merchants Mesopotamia microliths modern Mohenjo-dāro Muslim Nāga older original Pāli Pallava Pasenadi period plough Poona pottery priest primitive punch-marked Punjab region religion remains Ṛgveda Ṛgvedic rites ritual river royal sacrifice Sakyans Sanskrit Satavahana seals seems settlement Siva slaves social society stone śūdra surplus survive taxes Taxila technique temple territory tion totem trade tradition tribal tribe vedas vedic Vetāla village worshipped