A History of IndiaThis new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present.
Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production. |
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... Buddhist missionaries were sent to Sri Lanka and beyond. By the early years of the common era our mental map of India must take in many places to the south and include kingdoms on the mainland and in the islands to the southeast which ...
... Buddhist king Ashoka, were added to the Greek source. Though Ashoka's inscriptions were deciphered in the nineteenth century, we still cannot be sure about the political formation that existed under this Mauryan king, much less under ...
... Buddhism, which commands the faithful adherence of major populations in Asia, is almost absent in India itself, despite modern attempts to revive it. The influence of Buddhism abroad in ancient and medieval times was enhanced by India's ...
... Buddhism and from Jaina texts; other sources, such as the Mahabharata, the Arthashastra and Panini's Ashtadhyayi, add to this evidence and also shift the ground of investigation from northwestern to northeastern India during the sixth ...
... Buddhism differed in interesting ways between the two regions. The accounts of the Gupta age emphasize the continued presence of Jaina and Buddhist institutions and the continuation of important writings in both beliefs. Buddhism ...
Contents
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PART II Ancient India | 37 |
PART III Medieval and Early Modern India | 103 |
PART IV Contemporary South Asia | 225 |
NOTES | 421 |
GLOSSARY OF NONENGLISH TERMS | 425 |
FURTHER READING | 430 |
INDEX | 435 |