The Rise and Fall of the Kushāṇa Empire
Author: Bratindra Nath Mukherjee
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 702
ISBN-13:
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Empires of Ancient Eurasia
Author: Craig Benjamin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-05-03
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1107114969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces a crucial period of world history when the vast exchange network of the Silk Roads connected most of Eurasia.
An Atlas and Survey of South Asian History
Author: Karl J. Schmidt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-05-20
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1317476816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis historical atlas is devoted primarily to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, while also covering Napal, Bhutan and Ceylon/Sri Lanka. The maps are accompanied by text which illuminates recent political, economic, social and cultural developments.
The End of Empires
Author: Michael Gehler
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-11-21
Total Pages: 737
ISBN-13: 3658368764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe articles of this comprehensive edited volume offer a multidisciplinary, global and comparative approach to the history of empires. They analyze their ends over a long spectrum of humankind’s history, ranging from Ancient History through Modern Times. As the main guiding question, every author of this volume scrutinizes the reasons for the decline, the erosion, and the implosion of individual empires. All contributions locate and highlight different factors that triggered or at least supported the ending or the implosion of empires. This overall question makes all the contributions to this volume comparable and allows to detect similarities, differences as well as inconsistencies of historical processes.
Indian History
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Publisher: Allied Publishers
Published:
Total Pages: 1418
ISBN-13: 9788184245684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Yuezhi
Author: Craig Benjamin
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a detailed narrative history of the dynasty and confederation of the Yuezhi, whose migration from western China to the northern border of present-day Afghanistan resulted ultimately in the creation of the Kushan Empire. Although the Yuezhi have long been recognised as the probable ancestors of the Kushans, they have generally only been considered as a prelude to the principal subject of Kushan history, rather than as a significant and influential people in their own right. The evidence seemed limited and ambiguous, but is actually surprisingly extensive and detailed and certainly sufficient to compile a comprehensive chronological political history of the Yuezhi during the first millennium BCE. The book analyses textual, numismatic and archaeological evidence in an attempt to explain the probable origin of the Yuezhi, their relationship with several Chinese dynasties, their eventual military defeat and expulsion from the Gansu by the Xiongnu, their migration through the Ili Valley, Ferghana and Sogdia to northern Bactria, and their role in the conquest of the former Greco-Bactria state. All of these events were bound up with broader cultural and political developments in ancient Central Asia and show the extraordinary interconnectedness of the Eurasian historical processes. The domino-effect of the migration of the Yuezhi led to significant changes in the broader Eurasian polity.
Ancient Indian History and Civilization
Author: Sailendra Nath Sen
Publisher: New Age International
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9788122411980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Single-Volume Study Of Ancient Indian History Delineating The Various Facets, Both Political And Cultural, And Incorporating The Fruits Of Recent Researches That Have Abundantly Appeared Since 1950, Has Not Been Attempted Before. Author Has Tried To Maintain A Delicate Balance Between Political History And Social, Economic And Cultural History Of Ancient India.The Book Covers The Pre-Historic India, The Vedic Age, The Post-Vedic Civilization, North India In The Sixth Century B.C. It Also Explains New Religious Movements And Their Socio-Economic Background, Maurya Age, Political Disintegration And Foreign Invasions. The Gupta Empire, The Prominence Of North Under Harshavardhana And Its Eclipse, Bengal Under The Palas And The Senas, Dynasties Of North India, Arabs And Turks In India, Indias Intercourse With The Outside World, Have Been Discussed In Depth.History Of Deccan And South India, Hitherto Not Given Due Weightage And Culture And Civilization Of Ancient India In All Its Variegated Hues, Have Received Due Attention. Some New Topics Like Espionage, Slavery, Guilds, Urbanisation, Feudalism And Science And Technology In Ancient India, Have Been Incorporated To Make The Book As Uptodate As Possible. Apart From Meeting The Requirements Of Undergraduate And Postgraduate Students Of Indian Universities, The Book Will Serve As A Useful Guide To Candidates For Civil Service Examination (Both Preliminary And Main).
Querying the Medieval
Author: Ronald Inden
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000-06-08
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0195352432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndologist Ronald Inden has in the past raised questions about the images of a "traditional" or "medieval" India deployed by colonial scholars and rulers--"Orientalists"--and has also argued that a history of "early medieval" India very different from both the colonial and nationalist accounts could be written. This volume is designed as an important first step towards that goal. The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of precolonial India. All three essays challenge not only colonialist scholarship but the attempts by religious nationalists to identify Hinduism as the essence of national identity in India and Buddhism as the essence of nationality in Sri Lanka.
Public Administration
Author: Vishnoo Bhagwan | Vidya Bhushan | Vandana Mohla
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 1668
ISBN-13: 9788121903400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the Aspirants of Civil Services - Central and State, Honours and Postgraduate Students of Differents Indian Universities
Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700
Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780520059917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sheer wealth and dizzying diversity of Indian sculpture are celebrated in this second volume of the catalogue raisonne of the Los Angeles County Museum's collection. Nearly two hundred sculptures produced during eleven centuries are described. Of these, one-quarter of the pieces are part of the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, while the remaining three-quarters have been acquired since 1970. This splendid collection, while not representing all the major styles of sculpture that flourished on the Indian subcontinent from 700-1900, is certainly one of the most comprehensive among American and European museums. Included are stone, metal, ivory, and wood sculptures from fourteen states and territories of India and from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Organized by regions--Central and Western, Eastern, and Southern India, and the Northwest--the catalogue contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of the 188 sculptures, many with details or multiple views, for a total of 259 illustrations--251 in duotone and halftone and 8 in color.
