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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor

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).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781138828216
ISBN-10: 1138828211
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Avari, Burjor
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 236 x 162 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Burjor Avari
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.06.2016
Gewicht: 0,538 kg
Artikel-ID: 128424913

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