The author brings to bear upon his task not only profound scholarship and critical acumen but also a scrupulous regard for historical truth, accuracy of facts and impartiality of judgement. The merit of the book has been enhanced by an exhaustive Bibliography and a comprehensive Index.

Students, scholars and the general reader alike will find the book highly interesting, useful and valuable for study and references. About the Author(s) Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, a historian who has been writing about India for the past thirty years, edited the Marg volume Lucknow: Then and Now (2004) This book gives an authoritative, up-to-date, and compendious account of the history, institutions and culture of India from the earliest times to the advent of the Moslem period.

It is based on all available materials--literary, epigraphic, and numismatic--and is written in a most elegant, sober, and lucid style. The author brings to bear upon his task not only profound scholarship and critical acumen but also a scrupulous regard for historical truth, accuracy of facts and impartiality of judgement.

The merit of the book has been enhanced by an exhaustive Bibliography and a comprehensive Index. Students, scholars and the general reader alike will find the book highly interesting, useful and valuable for study and references.

About the Author(s) Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, a historian who has been writing about India for the past thirty years, edited the Marg volume Lucknow: Then and Now (2004) Deliverable Countries : This product ships to This book gives an authoritative, up-to-date, and compendious account of the history, institutions and culture of India from the earliest times to the advent of the Moslem period. It is based on all available materials--literary, epigraphic, and numismatic--and is written in a most elegant, sober, and lucid style.

The author brings to bear upon his task not only profound scholarship and critical acumen but also a scrupulous regard for historical truth, accuracy of facts and impartiality of judgement. The merit of the book has been enhanced by an exhaustive Bibliography and a comprehensive Index.

Students, scholars and the general reader alike will find the book highly interesting, useful and valuable for study and references. About the Author(s) Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, a historian who has been writing about India for the past thirty years, edited the Marg volume Lucknow: Then and Now (2004) Deliverable Countries : This product ships to This book gives an authoritative, up-to-date, and compendious account of the history, institutions and culture of India from the earliest times to the advent of the Moslem period.

It is based on all available materials--literary, epigraphic, and numismatic--and is written in a most elegant, sober, and lucid style. The author brings to bear upon his task not only profound scholarship and critical acumen but also a scrupulous regard for historical truth, accuracy of facts and impartiality of judgement.

The merit of the book has been enhanced by an exhaustive Bibliography and a comprehensive Index. Students, scholars and the general reader alike will find the book highly interesting, useful and valuable for study and references.

About the Author(s) Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, a historian who has been writing about India for the past thirty years, edited the Marg volume Lucknow: Then and Now (2004) Deliverable Countries : This product ships to (less)

Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State has Paperback binding and this format has 280 number of pages of content for use. This book by Ian Morris is written in English language.

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C.); Persian and Greek Invasions; Mauryan Rule; etc (less)

C.); Persian and Greek Invasions; Mauryan Rule; etc (less)

C. has been generally considered a myth.

Accordingly, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, Manu and Mandhata, Harishchandra and Bhagirath, Shri Rama and Shri Krishna, all have been treated non-historical, mythical personages. But the recent discoveries like those of Dwarika of Shri Krishna in the sea and Lanka of Ravana in Orissa as well as the authentic determining of the date of floods, that find mention in the purana , have outrightly refuted the past presumptions.

With new things coming to light, it is desirable that history be rewritten. It is with this view that the present book has been written.

It aims at presenting the information in an analytic manner and also in chronological order (less)

In thei first part it traces the political history of the subcontinent through the Vedic and Epic ages, the Maurya nad Gupta empires and the kingdoms of South India. In the second part subjects such as state and government, society and economic life, education, religion and philosophy, literature, art and the extension of Indian culture to the countries of Asia are discussed.

It brings together the most recent reserch findings on the subject and presents an account of ancient India in scholoraly but comprehensible terms (less)

The authors have given them a historical shape and significance in a most systematic manner. The outcome is a fascinating account of India s remote past.

It has, however, been made possible as a result of the valuable insights gained over a long period of deep, intensive and profound study of these most ancient texts. The readers of Indian history will find the treatise very informative and refreshing.

Contents 1. Introduction 2.

The Land and its Name 3. The People of Bh ratavar a in the Vedic Age 4.

Apsu Gandharva or Puru The First King of Bh ratavar a and the Founder of Puru Dynasty 5. Emperor Indra 6.

King Varu a Descendants and the Bh gus 7. Vaivasvat Manu Predecessors and Successors 8.

I and Vishpati Ayu 9. Pururavas or Du anta 10.

Emperor Bharata 11. The Descendants of Bharata and the P nc las 12.

The Kurus 13. The Ik v kus 14.

The Jahnus 15. V tra and the V tras 16.

The Socio-religious Conditions in the Vedic Age 17. The Economic and Political Set-up 18.

The Political Map of Bh ratavar a About the Author(s) Dr. K.

C. Singhal is a first class M.

A. both in Hindi and Sanskrit (securing first and second position respectively in the University), a Ph.

D. in Linguistics, as also an M.

O.L.

(Master of Oriental Language) in Sanskrit. He has been an eminent teacher of post-graduate classes at Government College, Ludhiana and retired as a Principal.

With his vast study that exceeds the ordinary knowledge of the texts, Dr. Singhal is a very keen and perceptive scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit.

He has also been a keen student of Indian history. His view of the ancient Indian history of pre-Buddhistic period has been shaped by the profound insights gained in the course of his deep and intensive study of the Vedas and the allied texts.

Dr. (Mrs.

) Roshan Gupta, a Ph.D.

in ancient Indian history, formerly studied at Government College, Ludhiana as a post-graduate student. She has collaborated with Dr.

K.C.

Singhal in the writing of this book. This unique study attempts to build a history of pre-Buddhistic India on the basis of the Vedas and the allied texts.

Scattered in the Vedic texts are allusions to a large number of places, personalities and incidents. The authors have given them a historical shape and significance in a most systematic manner.

The outcome is a fascinating account of India s remote past. It has, however, been made possible as a result of the valuable insights gained over a long period of deep, intensive and profound study of these most ancient texts.

The readers of Indian history will find the treatise very informative and refreshing. Contents 1.

Introduction 2. The Land and its Name 3.

The People of Bh ratavar a in the Vedic Age 4. Apsu Gandharva or Puru The First King of Bh ratavar a and the Founder of Puru Dynasty 5.

Emperor Indra 6. King Varu a Descendants and the Bh gus 7.

Vaivasvat Manu Predecessors and Successors 8. I and Vishpati Ayu 9.

Pururavas or Du anta 10. Emperor Bharata 11.

The Descendants of Bharata and the P nc las 12. The Kurus 13.

The Ik v kus 14. The Jahnus 15.

V tra and the V tras 16. The Socio-religious Conditions in the Vedic Age 17.

The Economic and Political Set-up 18. The Political Map of Bh ratavar a About the Author(s) Dr.

K.C.

Singhal is a first class M.A.

both in Hindi and Sanskrit (securing first and second position respectively in the University), a Ph.D.

in Linguistics, as also an M.O.

L. (Master of Oriental Language) in Sanskrit.

He has been an eminent teacher of post-graduate classes at Government College, Ludhiana and retired as a Principal. With his vast study that exceeds the ordinary knowledge of the texts, Dr.

Singhal is a very keen and perceptive scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit. He has also been a keen student of Indian history.

His view of the ancient Indian history of pre-Buddhistic period has been shaped by the profound insights gained in the course of his deep and intensive study of the Vedas and the allied texts. Dr.

(Mrs.) Roshan Gupta, a Ph.

D. in ancient Indian history, formerly studied at Government College, Ludhiana as a post-graduate student.

She has collaborated with Dr. K.

C. Singhal in the writing of this book.

Deliverable Countries : This product ships to This unique study attempts to build a history of pre-Buddhistic India on the basis of the Vedas and the allied texts. Scattered in the Vedic texts are allusions to a large number of places, personalities and incidents.

The authors have given them a historical shape and significance in a most systematic manner. The outcome is a fascinating account of India s remote past.

It has, however, been made possible as a result of the valuable insights gained over a long period of deep, intensive and profound study of these most ancient texts. The readers of Indian history will find the treatise very informative and refreshing.

Contents 1. Introduction 2.

The Land and its Name 3. The People of Bh ratavar a in the Vedic Age 4.

Apsu Gandharva or Puru The First King of Bh ratavar a and the Founder of Puru Dynasty 5. Emperor Indra 6.

King Varu a Descendants and the Bh gus 7. Vaivasvat Manu Predecessors and Successors 8.

I and Vishpati Ayu 9. Pururavas or Du anta 10.

Emperor Bharata 11. The Descendants of Bharata and the P nc las 12.

The Kurus 13. The Ik v kus 14.

The Jahnus 15. V tra and the V tras 16.

The Socio-religious Conditions in the Vedic Age 17. The Economic and Political Set-up 18.

The Political Map of Bh ratavar a About the Author(s) Dr. K.

C. Singhal is a first class M.

A. both in Hindi and Sanskrit (securing first and second position respectively in the University), a Ph.

D. in Linguistics, as also an M.

O.L.

(Master of Oriental Language) in Sanskrit. He has been an eminent teacher of post-graduate classes at Government College, Ludhiana and retired as a Principal.

With his vast study that exceeds the ordinary knowledge of the texts, Dr. Singhal is a very keen and perceptive scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit.

He has also been a keen student of Indian history. His view of the ancient Indian history of pre-Buddhistic period has been shaped by the profound insights gained in the course of his deep and intensive study of the Vedas and the allied texts.

Dr. (Mrs.

) Roshan Gupta, a Ph.D.

in ancient Indian history, formerly studied at Government College, Ludhiana as a post-graduate student. She has collaborated with Dr.

K.C.

Singhal in the writing of this book. Deliverable Countries : This product ships to This unique study attempts to build a history of pre-Buddhistic India on the basis of the Vedas and the allied texts.

Scattered in the Vedic texts are allusions to a large number of places, personalities and incidents. The authors have given them a historical shape and significance in a most systematic manner.

The outcome is a fascinating account of India s remote past. It has, however, been made possible as a result of the valuable insights gained over a long period of deep, intensive and profound study of these most ancient texts.

The readers of Indian history will find the treatise very informative and refreshing. Contents 1.

Introduction 2. The Land and its Name 3.

The People of Bh ratavar a in the Vedic Age 4. Apsu Gandharva or Puru The First King of Bh ratavar a and the Founder of Puru Dynasty 5.

Emperor Indra 6. King Varu a Descendants and the Bh gus 7.

Vaivasvat Manu Predecessors and Successors 8. I and Vishpati Ayu 9.

Pururavas or Du anta 10. Emperor Bharata 11.

The Descendants of Bharata and the P nc las 12. The Kurus 13.

The Ik v kus 14. The Jahnus 15.

V tra and the V tras 16. The Socio-religious Conditions in the Vedic Age 17.

The Economic and Political Set-up 18. The Political Map of Bh ratavar a About the Author(s) Dr.

K.C.

Singhal is a first class M.A.

both in Hindi and Sanskrit (securing first and second position respectively in the University), a Ph.D.

in Linguistics, as also an M.O.

L. (Master of Oriental Language) in Sanskrit.

He has been an eminent teacher of post-graduate classes at Government College, Ludhiana and retired as a Principal. With his vast study that exceeds the ordinary knowledge of the texts, Dr.

Singhal is a very keen and perceptive scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit. He has also been a keen student of Indian history.

His view of the ancient Indian history of pre-Buddhistic period has been shaped by the profound insights gained in the course of his deep and intensive study of the Vedas and the allied texts. Dr.

(Mrs.) Roshan Gupta, a Ph.

D. in ancient Indian history, formerly studied at Government College, Ludhiana as a post-graduate student.

She has collaborated with Dr. K.

C. Singhal in the writing of this book.

Deliverable Countries : This product ships to (less)

A mound one passes everyday or a narrow strip of stream tells a story of ancient times. Centuries of history coexist with metro stations and plush cars.

The readings in this book give us glimpses of the lives of people who lived in the Delhi area over the centuries, and how these details have been pieced together by historians.It brings into focus the importance of the historian’s method and the sources of information found in ancient texts, archaeology and even legends and folklore, sometimes hanging on the thread of a slender historical fact (less)

The important sources of Literature, Archaeology, Inscriptions, Coins and Foreign Accounts are fully used. The author has presented an authoritative and readable survey of Indian history incorporating the accounts of the various events as clearly as possible.

The book will serve both as a standard book of indian History for the students and general readers and also as an important source for further research relating to the development of the Indian history through different successive stages.) (less)

Highlighting the intersections between €˜ancient€™, €˜medieval€™ and €˜modern€™ in the city€™s historical landscape, it presents the different ways in which the past is remembered and recreated. The text is illustrated with several maps and photographs bringing alive Delhi€™s little known ancient past.

The second edition updates the research on Delhi€™s history and includes some new evidence. It also underlines the importance of new perspectives for understanding Delhi€™s past (less)

It simply indicates a social division based on Gunas. There exists all over the world one sort of division or the other in a society, which is so inevitable for social growth and prosperity.

Each individual is possessed of a particular ability by nature. One may well perform a physical labour, another may be more of a thinker and some may be artistic some inclined to technology, music, medicine, trade, industry or any other material or spiritual activity (less)

The second edition updates the research on Delhi’s history and includes some new evidence (less)

C. has been generally considered a myth.

Accordingly, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, Manu and Mandhata, Harishchandra and Bhagirath, Shri Rama and Shri Krishna, all have been treated non-historical, mythical personages. But the recent discoveries like those of Dwarika of Shri Krishna in the sea and Lanka of Ravana in Orissa as well as the authentic determining of the date of floods, that find mention in the Purana, have outrightly refuted the past presumptions.

With new things coming to light, it is desirable that history be rewritten. It is with this view that the present book has been written.

It aims at presenting the information in an analytic manner and also in chronological order. Beginning from the Vedic yuga, the book presents an in-depth study of Devasura yuga, Satya yuga, Dwapar yuga and Kaliyuga.

All the information, both conventional and recent, provided in the book are authentic as they are taken from the authoritative sources. The book is unique in its presentation as it richly provides maps of ancient states, photographs and figures, which not only give a glimpse of the related age or Yuga but also facilitate easy understanding of information.

Since miracles, exaggerations, mysteries and supernatural powers find no reference here, the book can be held a complete, authoritative text on ancient Indian history. It is hoped that the students, research scholars and even teachers of Indian History will find this book highly useful and indispensable for having a thorough and updated knowledge of ancient India.

Even the general readers will find this book extremely interesting and informative (less)

, philosophy, religion, economics and polity. The word varta represents vrtti or the means of livelihood, but was particularly employed to denote the vrtti allotted to the vaisayas.

Varta also meant the science that had varta as its subject of study which is devoted to the study and management of conditions of material life. This was even before the days of Kautilya (less)