Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c3: Table of Contents

Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c3

Language: English

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Preface — iii Table of contents — v List of Plates and Maps — x Abbreviations — xi PAGE. Introduction by Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri — 1

I. Empire of Magadha — 9 The Nandas — 11 Mahāpadma — 13 Administration — 21 Later Nandas — 23 II. Regions beyond the Magadhan Empire — 26
(1) North-West India A. Physical Aspects — 27 B. The advance of Persia to the Indus — 30 C. Successors of the Achaemenids — 34
(2) The Far South — 42

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CHAPTER II

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Alexander's Campaigns in India

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*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri*

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Subjugation of the Swat valley — 47 Aornos — 51 Taxila — 55 Battle of the Jhelum — 57 After Jhelum — 64 On the Beas — 66 The Return — 68 Republican tribes — 70 Voyage along the lower Indus — 74

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Exploration and return to Babylon — 76 Results — 78

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CHAPTER III

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India in early Greek and Latin Literature

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*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri*

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Introductory — 81 Scylax — 82 Herodotus — 84 Ctesias — 86 Historians of Alexander — 87 Greek Ambassadors — 89 India : Size — 91 Climate — 92 Rivers — 93 Fertility of Soil — 94 Minerals — 95 Animals — 95 Legends — 100 People — 101 Taxila — 103 Sages — 104 Philosophers — 106 North-Western India — 108 Arms — 109 Skill in arts — 110 Slaves — 111 Deposits — 112 Seven classes of people — 113 Marriage and occupation rules — 116 Food and drink — 116 Crime and punishment — 117 Pāṭaliputra — 117 Women in the Palace — 119 Administration — 120

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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III

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Early Foreign Coins in India (*Nanda-Maurya Period*)

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*By. Dr. J. N. Banerjea* — 123

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CHAPTER IV

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Chandragupta and Bindusara

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*By Prof. H. C. Raychaudhuri*

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Chandragupta — 132 Bindusāra — 165

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CHAPTER V

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Mauryan Polity

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*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri*

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Sources — 171 Empire of Magadha — 172 Republics — 173 Foreign Models — 173 Royal Power — 174 The King — 175 Ministers and Council — 176 King not owner of land — 177 Bureaucracy — 178 Central offices — 179 District and Town administration — 181 Villages — 181 Provinces — 182 Finance — 183 Justice — 185 Foreign Policy — 187 Army — 188 Review — 189 Excursus on the Arthaśāstra — 190