India: the ancient past : a history of the Indian sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200 /
Burjor Avari
- London; New York: Routledge, 2007.
- xviii, 284 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-278) and index.
Introduction -- From Africa to Mehrgarh : the early pre-history of India -- The Harappan Civilisation -- The Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Age -- Formative centuries of the pre-Mauryan era -- The paradox of Mauryan imperialism -- Diffusion and dynamism after the Mauryas -- Stability and change under the imperial Guptas -- The post-Gupta era and the rise of the south -- Regionalism and feudalism : Rajput, Pala and Rashtrakuta kingdoms -- Chola domination in the south and Turco-Afghan plunder in the north.