P. N. Chopra

This is exactly the kind of book I was looking for - a brief but comprehensive history of India covering all aspects; political, social, religious, artistic, literary, and intellectual. There are three volumes - ancient, medieval and modern. The book on ancient India covers the period right from the Harappan times, and going over the vedic times, the pre-Mauryan, the Achaemenian presence, the Alexander campaign, the Indo-Greeks, the Mauryan times, Sungas to Sakas, Pahlavas and Kushanas, Chola, Andhras and the Deccan kingdoms, the Guptas, the post-Gupta preiod of Harsha, Chalukyas, Pratihara, Pala, to early medieval India. Geographically it spans from Persia, Greece and Arabia in the West, to Kambuja, Champa and Yavadvipa (Cambodia, Vietnam and Java) in the South-East...

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