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by Hem Channdra Raychaudhuri
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This book is a comprehensive guide to India's political history, covering the rise and fall of different dynasties, empires, and rulers over the centuries. It's an essential resource for scholars, historians, and anyone interested in understanding the political evolution of India from its earliest civilizations to the medieval period.
The book begins with an overview of the Indus Valley civilization and moves on to cover the Vedic period, the Mauryan Empire, the Gupta Empire, and the Medieval period. It provides insights into political systems, administrative structures, societal norms, and cultural practices during different eras in India's history.
From a human-like perspective, this book is like a time machine that takes you on a journey through India's rich history. It's a fascinating read that will transport you back in time and give you a better understanding of India's political landscape. So, if you're curious about ancient India and want to explore the country's political past, "Political History of Ancient India" is the perfect book for you!
The purpose of the following pages is to provide a brief overview of Ancient India's political history, from Parikshit's ascension through the demise of the Gupta Empire. The concept for the book came to me years ago after noticing a trend in several recent works to write off the history of the time from the Bharata War to the emergence of Buddhism as being impossible to organize in a clear chronological order. The writers' goal was to provide evidence for a reliable chronological history of Ancient India, including the underappreciated Post Bharata era, but excluding the Epoch of the Kanauj Empires, which belongs more appropriately in the purview of Medieval India historians.
There are two portions to the book that is currently available to the public. In the first section, an effort has been made to provide a narrative of the political vicissitudes of the Post Parikshita-pre-B imbisarian period that may not be less understandable to the reader than Dr. Smith's account of the events of the Post-B imbisarian age through a comparison of the Vedic, Epic, Puranic, Jaina, Buddhist, and secular Brahmanical literature. Also, it was deemed necessary to add a brief chapter on monarchy during the Brahmana Jataka period at the conclusion of this section. The second section's goal is to present a history of the time from Bimbisara to the Guptas that is, in some ways, more recent.
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