Early India : from the origins to AD 1300 / Romila Thapar

Early India : from the origins to AD 1300 / Romila Thapar.

Author/creator	Thapar, Romila
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003, ©2002.
Description	xxx, 555 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	India--History --To 324 B.C. India--History --324 B.C.-1000 A.D. India--History --1000-1526.

Contents	Perceptions of the past -- Landscapes and peoples -- Antecedents -- Towards chiefdoms and kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC -- States and cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c. 600-300 BC -- The emergence of empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC -- Of politics and trade: c. 200 BC-AD 300 -- The rise of the mercantile community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 -- Threshold times: c. AD 300-700 -- The peninsula: emerging regional kingdoms; c. AD 500-900 -- The peninsula: establishing authorities and structures; c. AD 900-1300 -- The politics of northern India: c. AD 700-1200 -- Northern India: distributive political economies and regional cultures; c. AD 800-1300.
General note	"This new book represents a complete rewriting by the author of her hugely successful A History of India, vol. 1"--CIP data sheet.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 542-544) and index.
LCCN	2002031453
ISBN	0520238990 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS436.A3 T43 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold