[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Age of the Nandas and Mauryas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952) › c3 # Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c3: Table of Contents Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c3 - **Language:** English ### Table of Contents ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.1) Preface — iii Table of contents — v List of Plates and Maps — x Abbreviations — xi PAGE. Introduction by Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri — 1 ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.2) CHAPTER I ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.3) India in the Age of the Nandas ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.4) \*By Prof. H. C. Raychaudhuri\* ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.5) 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 ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.6) CHAPTER II ### [c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.7) Alexander's Campaigns in India ### [c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.8) \*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri\* ### [c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.9) 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 ### [c3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.10) Exploration and return to Babylon — 76 Results — 78 ### [c3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.11) CHAPTER III ### [c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.12) India in early Greek and Latin Literature ### [c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.13) \*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri\* ### [c3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.14) 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 ### [c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.15) APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III ### [c3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.16) Early Foreign Coins in India (\*Nanda-Maurya Period\*) ### [c3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.17) \*By. Dr. J. N. Banerjea\* — 123 ### [c3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.18) CHAPTER IV ### [c3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.19) Chandragupta and Bindusara ### [c3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.20) \*By Prof. H. C. Raychaudhuri\* ### [c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.21) Chandragupta — 132 Bindusāra — 165 ### [c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.22) CHAPTER V ### [c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.23) Mauryan Polity ### [c3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.24) \*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri\* ### [c3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.25) 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 ### [c3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.26) CHAPTER VI ### [c3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.27) Asoka and his Successors ### [c3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.28) \*By Prof. K. A. Nilakanta Sastri\* ### [c3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.29) Sources — 202 Name — 207 Early life — 208 Adoption of Buddhism — 210 Rock Edicts — 212 Pilgrimage — 212 ### [c3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.30) CHAPTER X ### [c3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.31) Language and Literature ### [c3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.32) \*By Dr. S. K. Chatterji and Dr. V. Raghavan\* ### [c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.33) I. Language — 308 ### [c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.34) II. Learning, Literature and Popular Life : Brahmanical Learning — 324 ### [c3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.35) Sanskrit Language — 325 ### [c3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.36) Sanskrit Grammar — 326 ### [c3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.37) Classical Sanskrit Literature and Fine Arts — 329 ### [c3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.38) Philosophy — 334 ### [c3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.39) Arthaśāstra — 336 ### [c3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.40) Kāma-Śāstra — 337 ### [c3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.41) Popular Worship — 338 ### [c3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.42) Popular lores — 338 ### [c3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.43) Architecture — 339 ### [c3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.44) Prākṛit, Buddhistic and Jain literature — 340 ### [c3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.45) CHAPTER XI ### [c3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.46) Mauryan Art ### [c3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.47) \*By Dr. Niharranjan Ray\* ### [c3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.48) I. Introduction — 342 ### [c3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.49) II. Socio-historical Background — 348 ### [c3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.50) III. Columns — 361 ### [c3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.51) IV. Animal Figures — 369 ### [c3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.52) V. Alleged Mauryan Sculptures — 378 ### [c3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.53) VI. Cave Architecture — 384 ### [c3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.54) VII. Concluding Remarks — 387 ### [c3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3.55) Bibliography — 392 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3) · Pramāṇa