THE BOOK NOTES https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html International Relations – UGC NET – Practice Questions HOME Northern India: Distributive Political Economies and Regional Cultures; c. AD 800-1300 The Politics of Northern India: c. AD 700-1200 The Peninsula: Establishing Authorities and Structures; c. AD 900-1300 The Peninsula: Emerging Regional Kingdoms; c. AD 500-900 Threshold Times: c.AD 300-700 The Rise of Mercantile Community: c. 200 BC-AD 300 Of Politics and Trade: c.200 BC-AD 300 The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India; c. 321-185 BC States and Cities of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: c.600-300 BC Towards Chiefdoms and Kingdoms: c. 1200-600 BC – Romila Thapar Antecedents – Romila Thapar Landscapes and People – Romila Thapar Perceptions of the Past From the Coronation of Bimbisara to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty From the Accession of Parikshit to the Coronation of Bimbisara EPILOGUE: THE HERITAGE OF INDIA LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE – AL BASHAM THE ARTS: ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, PAINTING, MUSIC AND THE DANCE RELIGION: CULTS, DOCTRINES AND METAPHYSICS EVERYDAY LIFE: THE DAILY ROUND IN CITY AND VILLAGE SOCIETY: CLASS, FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL THE STATE: POLITICAL LIFE AND THOUGHT HISTORY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL EMPIRES PREHISTORY: THE HARAPPA CULTURE AND THE ARYANS INTRODUCTION: INDIA AND HER ANCIENT CULTURE Emerging Regional Configurations, c. 600–1200 CE Aesthetics and Empire, c. 300–600 CE Interaction and Innovation, c. 200 BCE–300 CE Power and Piety: The Maurya Empire, c. 324– 187 BCE Cities, Kings, and Renunciants: North India, c. 600–300 BCE Cultural Transitions: Images from Texts and Archaeology, c. 2000–600 BCE The Harappan Civilization The Transition to Food Production Hunter-Gatherers of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ages Understanding Literary and Archaeological Sources Upinder Singh State and Governance in Ancient India by A.S. Altekar Old NCERT by RS Sharma India the Ancient Past by Burjor Avari Political Institutions in India – UGC NET – Practice Questions India’s Foreign Policy – UGC NET – Practice Questions The Penguin History of Early India​ Political History of Ancient India​ by Hemchandra Raychaudhuri The Wonder that India was RS Sharma Notes Government and Public Policy in India – UGC NET – Practice Questions Public Administration – UGC NET – Practice Questions Political Processes in India – UGC NET – Practice Questions