TY - BOOK AU - Charabati, Dilip K. TI - The geopolitical orbits of ancient India: the geographical frames of the ancient India dynasties SN - 0198069898 U1 - 320.1234 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Geopolitics KW - India KW - Politics and government N1 - Preface -- The Purpose of the Volume -- The First Orbits: The Dominance of the Gangetic India, Legendary Beginnings to c. 200 BC -- The Shift of the Focus to Orissa, the Deccan and Malwa, c. 200 BC-c. 300 AD -- The Re-emergence of the Gangetic Orbit, and the Regional Power Centres, c. 300 AD to c. 800 AD -- The Supra-Regional Orbits of the North and the South, c. 800 AD to c. 1000 AD -- The Thrusts and Counter-thrusts of Power, c. 1000 AD to c. 1300 AD -- The Emerging Historical-Geographical Pattern of India's Ancient Political History ER -