Ancient Indian history : 7000 BCE to Islamic settlement / Rohit Majumdar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majumdar, Rohit, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--History--To 324 B.C.

India.

History.

India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 400, G-28, SQ-10, SB-13, I-6 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Inc, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Evolutionary Findings and Research Methods

2. Early Hominids and Adaptation

3. Early Humans on the Move: Migrations of Homo Erectus

4. Homo Sapiens and Their Migration

Introduction

I.1. Background I: The Human Traits

I.2. Background II: Precursors to Modern Humans

I.3. Background III: The Mediterranean Revolution

I.4. Dissemination of Agriculture

I.5. East Asian Revolution

I.6. Parallel First Cities: The River Civilizations

I.7. The Saraswati-Sindh Parallel

I.8. The Saraswati-Sindh Trade Factor

First Parallel Part A. Mesolithic to Chalcolithic: Earth to Metals

ch. 1 Earliest Human Settlements in India: The Mountain Routes of the North to the Saraswati (Mehrgarh Settlement: Periods I-III)

1.1. Bhirrana: Harappa Settlement-Periods I-III

1.2. Bhirrana: The Oldest Indus Valley Find

1.3. Ghaggar-Hakra Culture: Pre-Harappan

1.4. Early Harappan-Mature Harappan Period

1.5. Mature Harappan Period: Civil Engineering and Planning

1.6. Late Harappan Culture

1.7. Towards the Iron Age

First Parallel Part B. Mesolithic to Chalcolithic: Earth to Metals

ch. 2 Earliest Human Settlements in India: The River Routes of the North to the South of the Saraswati

2.1. Emergence of Food Production and Its Consequences (10000-6000 BCE): A Synopsis

2.2. Archaeology of North-eastern Afghanistan (6000-4400 BCE)

2.3. Balochistan: Mehrgarh and Beyond (6000-4400 BCE)

2.4. Larkana in Sindh: Mohenjo-daro ('Mound of the Dead')

2.5. Archaeology of Gujarat: Dholavira, Lothal and Miscellaneous

2.6. Archaeology of Lothal: The Port of Ancient India

2.7. Archaeology of Dholavira: The Bridge to the Iron and Vedic Ages

2.8. Archaeology of Gujarat: What It Means to Indian History

2.9. Characteristics of Harappan History: A Synopsis

2.10. Towards Inner India: The Coming of Iron-bearing Cultures-The Transformative History of the Indus Valley

First Parallel Part C. Mesolithic to Chalcolithic: Earth to Metals

ch. 3 Towards Inner India: From the Northern Mountains to the South-eastern Riverbeds

3.1. Domestication, Complex Agri-Food Production and Advanced Metallurgy of Iron Smelting (6000-1000 BCE)

3.2. The 'Gandhara Grave Culture': North-western Pakistan

3.3. The Iron Cultures in India: Towards the Vedic Age

3.4. The Ganga Phase: Towards the Vedic Age

3.5. Iron Culture of Megalithic Vidarbha and Southern India

Second Parallel (Global Perspective). Invasions and Presumptions: Ancient Globalizations, Warfare and Impact on India

ch. 4 Economies of Trade: Meluhha and Maritime Trade

4.1. The Sea-route System

4.2. Marine Network and Indian Merchandise: Source History

Second Parallel Part A. Invasions and Presumptions: Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact on India (4000-1200 BCE)

ch. 5 Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact on India (4000-1200 BCE)

5.1. Earliest Origin of War: The Global Human Imperative

5.2. Organized Warfare 1: The Chain Reaction of Rapid Militarization till 3500 BCE

5.3. Organized Warfare 2: The Chain Reaction of Rapid Militarization from 3500-600 BCE

5.4. Organized Warfare 3: Chariot Kingdoms and City States at War-The Global Impact, 3500-1700 BCE

5.5. Organized Warfare 4: Chariot Kingdoms and City States at War-The Global Impact, 1700-1200 BCE

5.6. Organized Warfare 4: Chariot Kingdoms and City States at War-Indian Scenario, 3500-1200 BCE

Second Parallel Part B. Invasions and Presumptions: Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact on India (2000-600 BCE)

ch. 6.A Indus-Saraswati Valley Culture to Vedic Culture and Philosophy

6.A.1. Literary Anthropology: The Story of a Lost River

6.A.2. Literary Anthropology: Chronological Possibilities of the Saraswati from the Rig Veda to the Mahabharata

6.A.3. Literary Anthropology: The Aryan Immigration Theory versus the Autochthonous Theory-Perennial Debate

6.A.4. Literary Anthropology: The Major Sources of Vedic Culture

6.A.5. Literary Anthropology: Religiosity and Vedic Culture

6.A.6. Agriculture and Economy: Rig Vedic Culture versus Indus-Saraswati Valley Culture

6.A.7. Philosophy of Vedic War and Settlement: The Samaveda

6.A.8. Philosophy of Vedic War and Settlement: The Atharvaveda

6.A.9. Philosophy of Vedic War and Settlement: The Yajurveda

Second Parallel Part C. Invasions and Presumptions: Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact on India (2000-600 BCE)

ch. 6.B Numismatics: Historical Progression towards the Mahajanapadas

6.B.1. Material Anthropology: Barter Culture and Need for Coins

6.B.2. Political Anthropology: From the Mahabharata to the Mahajanapadas

6.B.3. Political Anthropology: Rise of the Mahajanapadas

6.B.4. Political Anthropology: Datasheet of the Mahajanapadas and Their Mythological References

Third Parallel Part A. Why India: Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact (1000-200 BCE)

ch. 7.A The Elephant Kingdoms of Asia: India as Final Destination among Global Powers (800-200 sat)

7.A.1. Iran: The Persian Empire

7.A.2. The Rise of the Achaemenids

7.A.3. The Achaemenids Eyeing India

7.A.4. War and Dogmas: The Achaemenid Empire and the Origin of Contra-Greek War Strategies

7.A.5. War and Dogmas: The Achaemenid Empire and the Origin of Military Formations

7.A.6. Fall of the Achaemenid Empire

7.A.7. Foreign Infusion of Coins as Legal Tender in India

Third Parallel Part B. Why India: Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact (1000-200 BCE)

ch. 7.B.1 Defining 'Rashtra': Magadha Empire to Foreign Intrusion

7.B.1.1. Pre-Achaemenid India

7.B.1.2. The East-West Corridor in India: The Routes into India

Special Note: A Holistic View of Dynastic Progression by Archaeological Evidence

7.B.1.3. The Magadha Supremacy-Bimbisara to Ajatashatru

7.B.1.4. The Magadha Supremacy-Ajatashatru and Prasenajit

7.B.1.5. The Magadha Supremacy-Ajatashatru and Lichhavis

7.B.1.6. The Magadha Supremacy-The Nanda Dynasty and Military Prowess

ch. 7.B.2 Defining 'Rashtra': The Birth of the Global Education System and Pacifist Philosophy

7.B.2.1. Expansion of the Caste System

7.B.2.2. Expansion of the Urban Economic System

7.B.2.3. Brahminism and the Challenge of Scripture Education

7.B.2.4. The First Scriptural Explosion: Mahavira and Jainism

7.B.2.5. The First Scriptural Explosion: The Buddha and Buddhism's Globalization

Third Parallel Part C. Why India: Ancient Globalizations, Global Warfare and Impact (1000-200 BCE)

ch. 7.C.1 The Master of Battlecraft: Alexander III of Macedon

7.C.1.1. How It Came to Alexander of Macedon: The Prelude

7.C.1.2. Macedon: Kings and Combined Arms

7.C.1.3. Alexander the Great

7.C.1.4. Alexander's Wars

7.C.1.5. The Mind of an Invader: The Battle of the Hydaspes (Jhelum)

7.C.1.6. Alexander's Impact

7.C.1.7. The End of Alexander's Campaigns: What Was Achieved

7.C.1.8. Alexander's Successors: The Dispersion of Hellenism

ch. 7.C.2 The Military Beginning of the Mauryan Empire: An Overview

7.C.2.1. Tracing the Militarization of India

7.C.2.2. Mauryan Supremacy and Second Militarization: A Brief

7.C.2.3. The Mauryan Military System

Special Note: Chanakya's Art of War

Conclusion

Third Parallel Part D. The Mauryan State: Imperialism and Compassion

ch. 8.A.1 Chandragupta Maurya to Ashoka: Greek Connections and Buddhist Evidence

8.A.1.1. The Geographical Settings of Mauryan Growth

8.A.1.2. From the Ashes of Hellenism: A Holistic Measure of the Mauryan Age

8.A.1.3. From the Ashes of Hellenism: Chandragupta-A Discovery

8.A.1.4. Age of Scriptural Intellectualism: Art of Writing

Fourth Parallel Part A. The Age of Empires: Post the Mauryas till the Guptas and the Second Global-Domestic Imperative

ch.

8.B Ashoka: Chronicle of Transformational Leadership

8.B.1. What Was the Transformation Like? Religio-political Ashoka

8.B.2. Post-transformational Leadership? Dhamma of Ashoka

8.B.3. Post-transformational Leadership? Bequest of Ashoka

8.B.4. Buddhist Literature and Religious Practice

ch. 8.C Analysis of the Mauryan State

8.C.1. Assessment of the Mauryan State: Agriculture

8.C.2. Assessment of the Mauryan State: Manufacturing Industry

8.C.3. Assessment of the Mauryan State: Mercantile Trading

8.C.4. Assessment of the Mauryan State: Governance and Polity

8.C.5. Assessment of the Mauryan State: Interstate Relations

8.C.6. Assessment of the Mauryan State: Demographic Economy

Fourth Parallel Part B. The Age of Empires: Post the Mauryas till the Guptas and the Second Global-Domestic Imperative

ch. 9.A Global

9.A.1. The Power Vacuum Overview: Yavana Kings

9.A.2. Nomadic Influence Overview: Parthians, Sakas, Kushans

9.A.3. The Kushan Empire and Its Distributed Monarchy

9.A.4. Indo-Scythians: Nomadic Goldsmiths of the Steppes

9.A.5. Indo-Parthians: The Return of the Persians

9.A.6. Kushan Art

ch. 9.B Domestic

9.B.1. The Power Vacuum Overview: The Identity of the Sungas

9.B.2. Buddhists on Inimical Grounds

9.B.3. The Consort of Pushyamitra and the Yavanas or Indo-Greeks

9.B.4. Puranic Family Tree of the Sunga and Kanva Empires

9.B.5. The Power Vacuum Overview: The Kanvas (Kanvayanas)

ch. 9.C Pre-Gupta Short Reigns

9.C.1. The Pre-Gupta Power Groups

9.C.2. The Mahameghavahanas or King Kharavela of Kalinga

Contents note continued: Fourth Parallel Part C. The Age of Empires: Post the Mauryas till the Guptas and the Second Global-Domestic Imperative

ch. 9.D Global Buddhism and the Silk Road

9.D.1. Where All Spiritual Ideas Confluence: India, the Crossroads

9.D.2. Buddhism Transformed: The Mahayana School

9.D.3. Cultural Integration in Buddhism: Sanskrit Confluence

9.D.4. The Silk Road Political Expansion: Buddhist Inception of Liberalism

ch. 9.E The Silk Road: A History in Wonder

9.E.1. The Formation of the Silk Road

9.E.2. The Nomads of the Midlands, New Frontiers and the Europe Route

9.E.3. The Lost Caravan Cities

9.E.4. Palmyra: The Westernmost Frontier

9.E.5. The Road to China

9.E.6. The Spread of Buddhism along the Trade Routes

9.E.7. The Red Sea and the Indian Ocean: Commercial Hub of the Ancient World

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Fifth Parallel Part A. The Age of Empires: The Guptas and the Third Global-Domestic Imperative (300-600 CE)

ch. 10.A The World around India: Universalization of Religions and the Rise of New Faiths

10.A.1. Common Cultures and Religiosity through Scriptures

10.A.2. Empires of New Faith: Rise of Christianity

10.A.3. Conclaves: Universal Christianity

10.A.4. Constantine Surrenders to Christianity

10.A.5. Founding of the Christian Cities

10.A.6. Imperialism of Christianity

10.A.7. The Enemy at the Gates: The Fall of Rome

10.A.8. When Change Was the Only Constant

10.A.9. The Rise of Constantinople

10.A.10. The Sassanian Dominance over Persia

10.A.11. Emperor of Eran and Aneran

10.A.12. Territorial Crossroads

ch. 10.B The World towards India: Religious Internationalization of Territorial Politics and the Silk Road

10.B.1. The Sogdian Overlords of the Silk Road

10.B.2. Dominion of Buddhism on the Silk Road

10.B.3. The Religio-political Scene during the Gupta Dynasty and After

10.B.4. Transformational Buddhism

10.B.5. Transformational Hinduism

10.B.6. Reviving Brahminism by Code of Conduct

Fifth Parallel Part B. The Age of Empires: The Guptas and the Third Global-Domestic Imperative (300-600 CE)

ch. 10.C The World in India: The Imperial Guptas

10.C.1. Origin in Obscurity

10.C.2. The Pastoral Economy and Settlement

10.C.3. Trade, Commerce and Industry

10.C.4. Administration of the Corpora

10.C.5. Buddhism's Patronization by the Guptas: Architecture and Seats of Learning-1

10.C.6. Art Patronization by the Guptas: Literary Pursuits and Seats of Learning-2

10.C.7. Deliberations on the Hunic Imperative on the Guptas

10.C.8. An Argument for and against the Golden Age and After

Fifth Parallel Part C. The Age of Empires: Regional Powers and the Third Global-Domestic Imperative before Islam

ch. 10.D The Feudal Fragmentation in India

10.D.1. Harshavardhana: Stylistic Imports of Asian Relations

10.D.2. Harshavardhana: Socio-religious Expanse

10.D.3. Asian Imports and Chinese Delegates: A Veritable Account of Pre-Islamic India

Sixth Parallel. The Age of Empires: The Fierceness of Independence and the Southern Dynasties

ch. 11 The Game of Successions

11.1. Satavahanas or the Andhras

11.2. Pallava versus Chalukya Rivalry and Supremacy

11.3. The Wondrous Reign of the Rashtrakutas: The Aid Politics

11.4. The Wondrous Reign of the Rashtrakutas: The Lineage Supremacy

Seventh Parallel Part A. The Age of Empires: Origins and Dissemination of Islam

ch. 12.A Religions, Blood and Steel: The Global-Indian Perspective

12.A.1. The Lands That Were the Future

12.A.2. The Visionary and the Word: Gabriel and Muhammad

12.A.3. Medina, 622 CE

12.A.4. The Arabian Empire, 661-750 CE

12.A.5. The Sanatani India and Islam

Seventh Parallel Part B. The Age of Empires: Origins and Dissemination of Islam

ch. 12.B Religions, Blood and Steel: Towards the Middle Age of India

12.B.1. What India Was before Islamic Potency, and Why India?

12.B.2. Non-political Trading: Pre-Muhammad Arabian Commerce in India

12.B.3. The Don Quixote Effect: The Classical Influence on Islam- Why India?

12.B.4. The Don Quixote Effect: The Islamic Decision-Must Be India

12.B.5. Kitab Futuh al-Buldan: Islamic Source-How Islam Entered India

12.B.6. Baladhuri's Notes: The Destinations for Islamic Foothold

12.B.7. Baladhuri's Notes: The 'Unsupported Instigation'-A Much-needed Cause Was Found

12.B.8. Baladhuri's Notes: The Final Nail in the Coffin

12.B.9. The Business of War Politics: Non-literary Reasons

12.B.10. The Business in the War of Politics: The War Narrative and the Aftermath

12.B.11. The Business in the War of Politics: The Hotspots

12.B.12. Why the Transition: Arabs to Turks-Turkish Militarism

12.B.13. The Slaves of Fortune 1: The Ghaznavids

12.B.14. The Slaves of Fortune 2: The Ghaurids

12.B.15. The Consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate: Early Phase.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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