M S Nateson

Pre-Mussalman India

A History of the Motherland Prior to the Sultanate of Delhi

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Produktbeschreibung

This slim volume gives an account of India's history prior to ad 1206, the founding of the Sultanate of Delhi. The chapters are short and crisp and offer information on the Age of the Itihasas, the Dravidians, the post-Vedic ages, Mahavira and Gautama Buddha, foreign invasions into India, visit of Chinese scholar Hiuen Tsang, Rajput ascendancy, Muslim conquests, the Punjab occupation and the effect of Muslim invasions. One point to which the reader's attention is drawn is that the author dares to question whether the Aryans ever came to India as a conquering?race?from?a?foreign?country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mare Nostrum
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 150mm x 15mm
• ISBN-13: 9789390729104
• ISBN-10: 9390729106
• Artikelnr.: 74751874

Autorenporträt

M.S. Nateson was a teacher at the Hindu Secondary School, Trichinopoly.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction XXI
I The Age of the Itihasas 1.
II. The Dravidians 18
III. The Post-Vedic Ages 20
IV. Maha-ivra and Gautama 25
V. Foreign Invasions into India 32
VI Alexander the Great 34
VII. Pre-tA'sokan Magadha 38
VIII. Asoka 44
IX. The Sunga Dynasty
X. The Andhras 54
XI. Foreign Invasions 56
XII. The Guptas 61
XIII. Chinese Pilgrims : Fa Hian 64
XIV. The Later Guptas 68
X.V. The Harsha Empire 72
X VI. fliuen Tsang or Yuan Chung
XVII. Rajpnt Ascendancy 83
Minor Hindu Kingdoms '87
XIX. The 1VIussalman Conquests 96
XX. The Punjab Occupation 100
XXI. The Effect on India of the Mussalman Incursions 107
Sultan Mahamad (Thor in India 111
The Sultanate of Delhi 115
Conclusion 116
XXV. The Sources of Indian History 126
Appendix I. 130
Appendix II. 132
Appendix III. 133