Administration, Conquests and Expansion in Ancient India/edited by B.R.
Verma and S.R. Bakshi. New Delhi, Commonwealth, 2005, vii, 246 p.,
ISBN
81-7169-824-7.
Administration, Conquests and Expansion in Ancient India/edited by B.R.
Verma and S.R. Bakshi. New Delhi, Commonwealth, 2005, vii, 246 p.,
ISBN
81-7169-824-7.
Contents: Preface. 1. Early society. 2. Vedic religion. 3. Literature. 4. Architecture. 5. Caste. 6. Astronomy. 7. South India. 8. Social life. 9. Persian and Greek invasions. 10. The Mauryan age. 11. The Magadha Empire. 12. Kingship and administration. 13. Foreign invasions. 14. The Gupta Empire. 15. North India. 16. South India. Index.
"This volume has deep thrust on administration, conquests and expansion in ancient India. Its main significance deals with various aspects of caste and literature in the social life of people living in several regions of Indian sub-continent. The glory of the Mauryan Empire has been well-depicted along with the foreign invasions and the administrative capability of the Gupta Empire. The two regions of north and south are the gloring phenomenon in this volume." (jacket)