Great Empires in India

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Maurya Empire. 3. Indo-Greek Dynasty. 4. Kushana Empire. 5.   Satavahana Dynasty. 6. The Gupta Empire. 7. Chola Dynasty. 8. Pala Dynasty. 9. Khilji Dynasty. 10. Tughluq Dynasty. 11. Mughal Dynasty. 12.  Maratha Empire. 13. British Indian Empire. 14.    Modern India. Index.

India being a seat of great empires. Greeks, Arabs, Persians, Afghans and Mughals added richness to its political culture. Invading dynasties mainly built upon the roots of the well established Aryan culture. It appears from this study that India has been too big, too complicated and too culturally subtle to let any one empire dominate it for long. This brief story of the great empires in India gives a comprehensive picture of the evolving political culture of great importance to historian, political scientists, policy makers and general readers. (jacket)