TY - BOOK AU - Singh, Upinder TI - A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century SN - 9788131716779 (pbk.) U1 - 934 PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi, Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson Education KW - India KW - History N1 - Introduction: Ideas of the Early Indian Past 1. Understanding Literary and Archaeological Sources -- 2. Hunter-Gatherers of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ages -- 3. The Transition to Food Production: Neolithic, Neolithic-Chalcolithic, and Chalcolithic Villages, c. 7000-2000 bce -- 4. The Harappan Civilization, c. 2600-1900 bce -- 5. Cultural Transitions: Images from Texts and Archaeology, c. 2000-600 bce -- 6. Cities, Kings, and Renunciants: North India, c. 600-300 bce -- 7. Power and Piety: The Maurya Empire, c. 324-187 bce -- 8. Interaction and Innovation, c. 200 bce-300 ce -- 9. Aesthetics and Empire, c. 300-600 ce -- 10. Emerging Regional Configurations, c. 600-1200 ce ER -