[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 # Age of the Nandas and Mauryas Multi-author volume: Nandas, Alexander's invasion, Candragupta, Bindusāra, Aśoka and his inscriptions, Mauryan administration (Arthaśāstra, Megasthenes), society, economy, religion, art. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [K. A. Nilakanta Sastri](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sastri-kan) - **Extent:** 1,810 passages, 161,263 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Benares 1952; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · In copyright (K. A. Nilakanta Sastri †1975); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c1) — 7 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c2) — 6 parts - [c3 Table of Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c3) — 55 parts - [c4 List of Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c4) — 2 parts - [c5 Maps](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c5) — 1 part - [c6 List of Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c6) — 23 parts - [c7 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c7) — 1 part - [c8 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c8) — 15 parts - [c9 Chapter I. India in the Age of the Nandas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c9) — 41 parts - [c10 Appendix to Chapter III. Early Foreign Coins in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c10) — 20 parts - [c11 Chapter IV. Chandragupta and Bindusara](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c11) — 235 parts - [c12 Chapter VIII. Industry, Trade, and Currency](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c12) — 20 parts - [c13 General Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c13) — 7 parts - [c14 Chapter II—Alexander's Campaigns in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c14) — 12 parts - [c15 Chapter III—India in early Greek and Latin Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c15) — 4 parts - [c16 Chapter V—Mauryan Polity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c16) — 5 parts - [c17 Chapter VI—Aśoka and his successors](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c17) — 25 parts - [c18 Chapter VII—South India & Ceylon](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c18) — 39 parts - [c19 Chapter IX—Religion.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c19) — 25 parts - [c20 Chapter X—Language and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c20) — 31 parts - [c21 Chapter XI—Mauryan Art.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c21) — 38 parts - [c22 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952.c22) — 177 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1952) · Pramāṇa