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100 1 _aAvari, Burjor
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245 1 0 _aIndia: the ancient past : a history of the Indian sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200 /
_cBurjor Avari
260 _aLondon;
_aNew York:
_bRoutledge,
_c2007.
300 _axviii, 284 p.:
_bill., maps;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [264]-278) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory.
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651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_9374
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