Ancient History of India

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Ancient History

• Sources of Ancient Indian History

→ Archaeological Sources

→ Literary Sources

→ Foreign Accounts

• Pre-History and Proto History

→ Palaeolithic Age

→ Mesolithic Age

→ Neolithic Age

→ Chalcolithic Age

• Indus Valley Civilisation

• Vedic Civilisation

→ Aryans

→ Origin and Settlement of the Aryans

→ Extent

→ Rigvedic Culture

→ Vedic Literature

• Differences and Similarities between Indus Valley and Vedic Civilisation

• Sangam Age

→ Political History

→ Chera Kingdom

→ Chola Kingdom

→ Pandya Kingdom

→ Literature

• Religious Movements

→ Jainism

→ Buddhism

→ Vaishnav

→ Shaiv

• Period of Mahajanpadas

• Rise of Magadha

• Nandas Empire

• Invasion of Alexander in India

• Mauryan Empire

→ Sources of Information

→ Chandragupta Maurya

→ Bindusar

→ Ashoka

→ Ashoka’s Successors

→ Glossary of Mauryan Administration

• Sunga-Satvahan Kingdom

• Indo-Greeks and Indo-Parthians

• Rise of Gupta Empire

→ Rulers

→ Society

→ Economy

→ Gupta Era Literature and Science and Technology

• Vardhan Empire

→ Kingdom of Harsha

• Condition of South India

• Political, Social and Economical Life of People during Mauryan to Gupta Period