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1.Sources of Ancient Indian History

  1. 1.1Literary sources and foreign accounts
  2. 1.2Inscriptions and coins
  3. 1.3Monuments, excavations and dating

2.Prehistoric India

  1. 2.1Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
  2. 2.2Neolithic, Chalcolithic and megalithic

3.Indus Valley Civilization

  1. 3.1Sites and town planning
  2. 3.2Economy, seals, religion and art
  3. 3.3Decline, the Vedic contrast and the legacy

4.Vedic Civilization

  1. 4.1Vedic texts and Rigvedic life
  2. 4.2Later Vedic, iron and kingdoms

5.Religious Movements: Jainism and Buddhism

  1. 5.1Jainism and Buddhism: Background and Jainism
  2. 5.2Jainism and Buddhism: The Buddha, councils and schools
  3. 5.3Jainism and Buddhism: Spread, decline and legacy

6.Mahajanapadas and the Rise of Magadha

  1. 6.1The sixteen states, ganas and towns
  2. 6.2Rise of Magadha
  3. 6.3The Nandas: India’s first empire builders

7.Foreign Invasions: Persians and Alexander

  1. 7.1Persians and Alexander: The Persian (Achaemenid) conquest
  2. 7.2Persians and Alexander: Alexander’s campaign (327–325 BCE)
  3. 7.3Persians and Alexander: What the invasions left behind

8.The Mauryan Empire

  1. 8.1Rulers and dhamma
  2. 8.2Edicts, administration and economy
  3. 8.3Mauryan art and the decline of the empire

9.The Post-Mauryan Period

  1. 9.1Shungas, Indo-Greeks, Shakas and Kushanas
  2. 9.2Satavahanas and art
  3. 9.3The Silk Route and the Roman trade

10.The Sangam Age

  1. 10.1Literature and kingdoms
  2. 10.2Society and economy
  3. 10.3Ports and overseas trade

11.The Gupta Empire

  1. 11.1The Gupta kings
  2. 11.2Administration, economy, society and religion
  3. 11.3The whole chapter

12.Harshavardhana and His Age

  1. 12.1Rise and administration
  2. 12.2Religion and Hiuen Tsang
  3. 12.3After Harsha

13.South Indian Kingdoms

  1. 13.1Pallavas, Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas
  2. 13.2Cholas and their administration
  3. 13.3The whole chapter

14.Ancient Indian Literature

  1. 14.1Vedic texts, Vedangas and Smritis
  2. 14.2Epics, Puranas and Sangam
  3. 14.3The whole chapter

15.Ancient Indian Science & Technology

  1. 15.1Numbers and mathematicians
  2. 15.2Astronomy and medicine
  3. 15.3Metallurgy

16.Ancient Indian Art & Architecture

  1. 16.1Stupas and caves
  2. 16.2Temples and sculpture
  3. 16.3The whole chapter

17.Foreign Travellers

  1. 17.1Megasthenes and Fa-hien
  2. 17.2Hiuen Tsang and I-tsing
  3. 17.3Using travellers’ accounts as sources

18.Ancient Economy

  1. 18.1Land, irrigation and guilds
  2. 18.2Coins and inland trade
  3. 18.3Overseas trade

19.Ancient Society

  1. 19.1Varna, ashrama and marriage
  2. 19.2Women and education
  3. 19.3Slavery (dasa)

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