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# Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c8: Contents

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c8

- **Language:** English

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PART I

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FROM THE ACCESSION OF PARIKSHIT TO THE CORONATION OF BIMBISĀRA

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CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION

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Section I. Foreword . . . . . 1 Section II. Sources . . . . . 2

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CHAPTER II—KURUS AND VIDEHAS

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Section I. The Age of the Pārikshitas . . . 12 Section II. The Age of the Great Janaka . . . 48 Section III. The Later Vaidehas of Mithilā . . 80 Section IV. The Deccan in the Age of the Later Vaidehas . . . . . 85

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CHAPTER III—MAHĀJANAPADAS AND KINGSHIP

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Section I. The Sixteen Mahājanapadas . . . 95 Section II. An Epic Account of the Mahājanapadas 151 Section III. The Fall of Kāsi and the Ascendancy of Kosala . . . . . 153 Section IV. Kingship . . . . . 156

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PART II

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FROM THE CORONATION OF BIMBISĀRA TO THE EXTINCTION OF THE GUPTA DYNASTY

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CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION

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Section I. Foreword . . . . . 181 Section II. Local Autonomy and Imperial Unity . 184

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CHAPTER II—THE RISE OF MAGADHA

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| Section I. | General Character of the Period . . | 187 |  
| ,, II. | Republics in the Age of Bimbisāra. . | 191 |  
| ,, III. | The Minor Principalities and Great Monarchies . . . | 197 |  
| ,, IV. | Magadha Crescent—Bimbisāra . . | 205 |  
| ,, V. | Magadha Militant—Kūṇika-Ajātaśatru . | 210 |  
| ,, VI. | Ajātaśatru's Successors—The Transfer of Capital and the Fall of Avanti . | 216 |  
| ,, VII. | Chronology of the Haryaṅka-Śiśunāga kings . . . . . | 225 |  
| ,, VIII. | The Nandas . . . . | 229 |

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CHAPTER III—THE PERSIAN AND MACEDONIAN INVASIONS

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| Section I. | The Advance of Persia to the Indus . | 239 |  
| ,, II. | The Last of the Achæmenids and Alexander . . . . | 244 |

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CHAPTER IV—THE MAURYA EMPIRE: THE ERA OF DIGVIJAYA

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| Section I. | The Reign of Chandragupta Maurya . | 264 |  
| ,, II. | The Reign of Bindusāra . . . | 296 |  
| ,, III. | The Early Years of Aśoka . . . | 302 |

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CHAPTER V—THE MAURYA EMPIRE: THE ERA OF DHAMMAVIJAYA AND DECLINE

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| Section I. | Aśoka after the Kaliṅga War . . | 322 |  
| ,, II. | The Later Mauryas and the Decline of their Power . . . . | 349 |

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CHAPTER VI—THE BAIMBIKA-ŚUṄGA EMPIRE AND THE BACTRIAN GREEKS

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| Section I. | The Reign of Pushyamitra . . . | 368 |  
| ,, II. | Agnimitra and his Successors . . | 391 |  
| ,, III. | Importance of the Baimbika-Śuṅga Period of Indian History . . | 397 |

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CHAPTER VII—THE FALL OF THE MAGADHAN AND INDO-GREEK POWERS

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| Section I. | The Kāṇvas, the Later Śuṅgas and the Later Mitras . . . . | 398 |  
| ,, II. | The Sātavāhanas and the Chetas . . | 403 |  
| ,, III. | The End of Greek Rule in North-West India¹. . . . . | 422 |

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¹ In this work "India" means usually the entire territory known by that name up to August 15, 1947.

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CHAPTER VIII—SCYTHIAN RULE IN NORTHERN INDIA

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| Section I. | The Śakas . . . . . | 431 |  
| ,, II. | The Pahlavas or Parthians . . . | 451 |  
| ,, III. | The Great Kushāns . . . . | 458 |  
| ,, IV. | The Nāgas and the Later Kushāns . | 480 |

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CHAPTER IX—SCYTHIAN RULE IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN INDIA

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| Section I. | The Kshaharātas . . . . | 483 |  
| ,, II. | The Restoration of the Sātavāhana Empire . . . . . | 491 |  
| ,, III. | The Śakas of Ujjain and Kāṭhiāwār . | 505 |  
| ,, IV. | Administrative Machinery of the Scythian Period . . . . | 514 |

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CHAPTER X—THE GUPTA EMPIRE : THE RISE OF THE GUPTA POWER

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| Section I. | The Foundation of the Gupta Dynasty . | 527 |  
| „ II. | Chandra Gupta I . . . | 530 |  
| „ III. | Samudra Gupta Parākramāṅka . | 533 |

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CHAPTER XI—THE GUPTA EMPIRE (\*continued\*) : THE AGE OF THE VIKRAMĀDITYAS

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| Section I. | Chandra Gupta II Vikramāditya . | 553 |  
| „ II. | Kumāra Gupta I Mahendrāditya | 566 |  
| „ III. | Skanda Gupta Vikramāditya . | 572 |

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CHAPTER XII—THE GUPTA EMPIRE (\*continued\*) : THE LATER GUPTAS

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| Section I. | Survival of the Gupta Power after Skanda Gupta . . . . | 581 |  
| „ II. | Puru Gupta and Narasiṁha Gupta Bālāditya . . . | 585 |  
| „ III. | Kumāra Gupta II and Vishṇugupta . | 590 |  
| „ IV. | Budha Gupta . . . | 593 |  
| „ V. | Successors of Budha Gupta . | 595 |  
| „ VI. | The Line of Kṛishṇa Gupta . | 600 |

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GENEALOGICAL AND SYNCHRONISTIC TABLES

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| The Pārikshita Family . . . . . | 47 |  
| Succession of some Vedic Teachers . . . | 51 |  
| Traditional Genealogy of the Pradyotas . . | 221 |  
| Suggested chronological Table (of the Bimbisārid-Śaiśunāga Period) . . . . | 228 |  
| Maurya Dynasty . . . . | 367 |

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Early Sātavāhanas . . . . . 418 Satraps of Mathurā . . . . . 445n Pallavas . . . . . 501 Śakas of Ujjain . . . . . 513 Vākāṭakas . . . . . 565 The Early Imperial Guptas . . . . 599 The Latest Guptas . . . . 613 Synchronistic Table . . To face page 640

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APPENDICES, INDEXES, ETC.

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Abbreviations . . . . . xxii Appendix A: The Results of Aśoka's Propaganda in Western Asia . . . . 614 Appendix B: A Note on the Chronological Relation of Kanishka and Rudradāman I . . 618 Appendix C: A Note on the Later Guptas . . 623 Appendix D: The Decline of the Early Gupta Empire . . . . . 626 Appendix E: Kingdoms of Trans-Vindhyan India 636 Bibliographical Index . . . . . 641 General Index . . . . . 650 Additions and Corrections . . . . 669

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MAPS

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1. India in the Age of Janaka . To face page 58  
2. Ancient Dakshiṇāpatha . „ „ 85  
3. The Mahājanapadas of Ancient India and East Irān . . „ „ 95  
4. Bhāratavarsha . . . . „ „ 196  
5. India in the Age of the Later Guptas „ „ 581

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