1. Introduction 2. From Africa to Mehrgarh: the Early Prehistory of India 3. The Harappan-Indus-Sarasvati Civilisation 4. Who were the Aryans? 5. Post-Vedic Centuries 6. The Mauryan State: Imperialism and Compassion 7. Between the Mauryas and the Guptas 8. The era of the Imperial Guptas 9. Feudal North India 10. The ascendancy of the South 11. Across north and south: Cultural Unity and diversity
