The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c4: Contents
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c4
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| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . | 1 |
| | 2. THE SOURCES OF INDIAN HISTORY . . . | 9 |
| | *Appendix A.* THE AGE OF THE PURĀṆAS . | 22 |
| | *Appendix B.* THE CHINESE PILGRIMS . | 24 |
| II. | THE DYNASTIES BEFORE ALEXANDER, 600 TO 326 B. C. . . . . . . | 28 |
| | *Appendix C.* CHRONOLOGY OF THE ŚAIŚUNĀGA AND NANDA DYNASTIES . . | 46 |
| III. | ALEXANDER'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN: THE ADVANCE | 52 |
| | *Appendix D.* ALEXANDER'S CAMP: THE PASSAGE OF THE HYDASPES; AND THE SITE OF THE BATTLE WITH PŌROS . . | 82 |
| | *Appendix E.* THE DATE OF THE BATTLE OF THE HYDASPES . . . . | 89 |
| IV. | ALEXANDER'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN: THE RETREAT | 92 |
| | CHRONOLOGY OF THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT . . . | 119 |
| V. | CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA AND BINDUSĀRA, FROM 322 TO 273 B. C. . . . . . | 121 |
| | *Appendix F.* THE EXTENT OF THE CESSION OF ARIĀNA BY SELEUKOS NIKATOR TO CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA . . . | 158 |
| | *Appendix G.* THE ARTHAŚĀSTRA OR KAUṬILĪYA-ŚĀSTRA . . . . . | 160 |
| VI. | ASOKA MAURYA . . . . . | 162 |
| | *Appendix H.* THE INSCRIPTIONS OF ASOKA; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . | 180 |
| VII. | ASOKA MAURYA (CONTINUED); AND HIS SUCCESSORS . . . . . . | 184 |
| | THE MAURYA DYNASTY: CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . . . . . . | 206 |
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VIII. The Sunga, Kanva, and Āndhra Dynasties, from 185 B. C. to *c.* A. D. 225 . . . . 208
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*Appendix I.* The Invasion of Menander, and the Date of Patañjali . . . 227 *Appendix J.* The Āndhras and Connected Dynasties . . . . 229
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IX. The Indo-Greek and Indo-Parthian Dynasties, from about 250 B. C. to A. D. 60 . . 233
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*Appendix K.* Alphabetical List of Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kings and Queens . . . . . . 257 *Appendix L.* Synchronistic Table from about 280 B. C. to about A. D. 48 . . 259 *Appendix M.* The Christians of St. Thomas . . . . . . 260
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X. The Kushān or Indo-Scythian Dynasty, from about A. D. 20 to A. D. 225 . . . 263
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Approximate Kushān Chronology . . 293
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XI. The Gupta Empire, and the Western Satraps; Chandra-gupta I to Kumāragupta I, from A. D. 320 to 455 . . . 295
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XII. The Gupta Empire (continued); and the White Huns, from A. D. 455 to 606. . 318
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Chronology of the Gupta Period . . 345 *Appendix N.* Vasubandhu and the Guptas . . . . . . 346
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XIII. The Reign of Harsha, from A. D. 606 to 647 348
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Chronology of the Seventh Century . 373
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XIV. The Mediaeval Kingdoms of the North, from A. D. 647 to 1200 . . . . 374
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*Appendix O.* The Origin and Chronology of the Sena Dynasty . . . . 431
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XV. The Kingdoms of the Deccan . . . 439
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*Appendix P.* The Principal Dynasties of the Deccan . . . . . 453
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XVI. The Kingdoms of the South . . . 456
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Epilogue . . . . . 499
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INDEX . . . . . . . 503