The Cambridge History of India: Ancient India, edited by E. J. Rapson

University Press, 1922 - India

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Calcutta: 9
• Central India: 15
• Rajputāna historical importance of the great Indian desert and: 23
• The plain of the Indus 27: 28
• The Hindu Kush and the Indus as boundaries between India and Irān: 34
• By E J RAPSON M A Professor of Sanskrit in the University: 37
• The four families of speech: 48
• B SOURCES OF HISTORY: 56
• Progress of research: 62
• Their migrations: 70
• Aryan names in the inscriptions of Mesopotamia: 76
• Social organisation: 88
• Political organisation: 94
• Dress food and amusements: 101
• The beginnings of philosophy: 107
• xxi: 114
• CHAPTER VI: 150
• Jains and Buddhists: 160
• Settlements in Western India: 166
• India in the Buddhas time the clans: 174
• The first great gap: 188
• PAGE: 194
• Growth of Buddhist literature from the time of Buddha down to Asoka: 197
• Trade and commerce: 199
• CHAPTER IX: 220
• CHAPTER X: 227
• Marriage ceremonies: 233
• Minor superstitions: 239
• Taxes status of women ordeals: 247
• CHAPTER XI: 251
• The characters partly historical and partly mythical: 257
• The story of the Mahābhārata: 263
• The king and his ministers: 271
• Religion and philosophy: 273
• CHAPTER XII: 277
• Dharna: 284
• The king as judge: 290
• CHAPTER XIII: 296
• Relative ages of the Sūtras: 301
• Common traditional elements in Vedic literature and the Purāņas: 305
• Chronology of Vedic literature 110: 308
• Contemporary dynasties in Northern and Central India: 315
• Early commerce between India and Babylon: 329
• Xerxes: 340
• ANCIENT GREEK COINS IN INDIA: 386
• Pahlava and Çaka suzerains in eastern Iran and India: 392
• Scylax of Caryanda Hecataeus of Miletus Herodotus Ctesias: 393
• Nearchus Onesicritus Clitarchus 3989: 399
• Ethnology and mythology: 407
• Marriage suttee disposal of the dead slavery: 414
• Deities: 422
• Chandragupta: 429
• Diodotus: 436
• Sophagasenus: 442
• Heliocles and Laodice: 453
• Heliocles: 459
• CHAPTER XVIII: 467
• POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION: 474
• Extension of his conquests by Azes I who may be the founder of: 491
• CHAPTER XX: 495
• Chronology: 502
• The personality of Açoka as revealed in his edicts: 509
• Internal strife and foreign invasions the result of the downfall of: 516
• Kingdoms on the central route: 517
• Feudatories of the Çungas: 523
• Rise of the Andhras: 529
• Key to Plate V: 538
• Characteristics of the Maurya period and authorities for its history 46: 541
• Yavana invasion of the Midland Country: 544
• Azilises Azes II Vonones: 554
• CHAPTER XXIII: 563
• The family of Vonones: 568
• Çaka satraps: 574
• Vima Kadphises: 580
• Summary of numismatic evidence for the history of the Yavana Çaka: 586
• CHAPTER XXIV: 593
• Megasthenes 47: 597
• The Kalingas: 601
• Other races in Ceylon: 615
• Persian influence: 621
• Sānchi: 627
• Decadence of art: 633
• Sculptures in the caves: 640
• Architecture: 646
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS: 651
• General Bibliography: 653
• CHAPTER XV: 665
• ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 672
• Note to Chapter XIV: 673
• and XIX: 679
• BIBLIOGRAPHIES 653: 681
• Chapter XXII: 685
• Chapter XXVI: 692
• CHRONOLOGY: 697
• INDEX: 705
• Prehistoric antiquities: 717
• The earliest buildings: 723

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cambridge History of India: Ancient India, edited by E. J. Rapson; Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of India, Edward James Rapson
• Contributors: Edward James Rapson, Sir Wolseley Haig, Sir Richard Burn, Henry Dodwell
• Publisher: University Press, 1922
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 2, 2008