THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF INDIA : VEDIC PERIOD (Hardcover)

THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF INDIA : VEDIC PERIOD Book Description

This unique study attempts to build a history of pre-Buddhistic India on the basis of the Vedas and the allied texts. Scattered in the Vedic texts are allusions to a large number of places, personalities and incidents. The authors have given them a historical shape and significance in a most systematic manner. The outcome is a fascinating account of India s remote past. It has, however, been made possible as a result of the valuable insights gained over a long period of deep, intensive and profound study of these most ancient texts. The readers of Indian history will find the treatise very informative and refreshing.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Land and its Name
3. The People of Bh ratavar a in the Vedic Age
4. Apsu Gandharva or Puru The First King of
Bh ratavar a and the Founder of Puru Dynasty
5. Emperor Indra
6. King Varu a Descendants and the Bh gus
7. Vaivasvat Manu Predecessors and Successors
8. I and Vishpati Ayu
9. Pururavas or Du anta
10. Emperor Bharata
11. The Descendants of Bharata and the P nc las
12. The Kurus
13. The Ik v kus
14. The Jahnus
15. V tra and the V tras
16. The Socio-religious Conditions in the Vedic Age
17. The Economic and Political Set-up
18. The Political Map of Bh ratavar a
About the Author(s)
Dr. K.C. Singhal is a first class M.A. both in Hindi and Sanskrit (securing first and second position respectively in the University), a Ph.D. in Linguistics, as also an M.O.L. (Master of Oriental Language) in Sanskrit. He has been an eminent teacher of post-graduate classes at Government College, Ludhiana and retired as a Principal. With his vast study that exceeds the ordinary knowledge of the texts, Dr. Singhal is a very keen and perceptive scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit. He has also been a keen student of Indian history. His view of the ancient Indian history of pre-Buddhistic period has been shaped by the profound insights gained in the course of his deep and intensive study of the Vedas and the allied texts.
Dr. (Mrs.) Roshan Gupta, a Ph.D. in ancient Indian history, formerly studied at Government College, Ludhiana as a post-graduate student. She has collaborated with Dr. K.C. Singhal in the writing of this book.

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