TY - BOOK AU - Thapar, Romila TI - Penguin history of early India: form the origins to ad 1300 SN - 9780143029892 U1 - 954 PY - 2015/// CY - USA PB - Penguin books KW - History N1 - Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Bibliographies Chronology : c.1000 BC-AD 1300 Introduction Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Perceptions of the Past Chapter 2. Landscapes and Peoples Chapter 3. Antecedents Chapter 4. Towards Chiefdoms and Kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC Chapter 5. States and Cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC Chapter 6. The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India: c. 321-185 BC Chapter 7. Of Politics and Trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300 Chapter 8. The Rise of the Mercantile Community: c. 200 BC-AD-300 Chapter 9. Threshold Times: c. AD 300-700 Chapter 10. The Peninsula: Emerging Regional Kingdoms: c. AD 500-900 Chapter 11. The Peninsula: Establishing Authorities and Structures: c. AD 900-1300 Chapter 12. The Politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200 Chapter 13. Northern India: Distributive Political Economies and Regional Cultures: c. AD 800-1300 Maps Glossary Select Bibliography General Bibliography Index ER -