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Pre-Mussalman India

Written by M. S. Nateson

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172 pages, about 3 hours of reading

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A short book that aims to tell the story of Indian History from the ancient times up to the year 1206 the founding of the Sultanate of Delhi. The chapters are short and crisp and offer informative notes on 1) the Age of the Itihas, 2) the Dravidians, 3) the Post Vedic ages, 4) Mahavira and Gautama Buddha, 5) Foreign invasions into India, 6) Alexander the Great, 7) Pre-Ashokan Magadha, 8) Ashoka, 9) The Sunga Dynasty, 10) the Andhras, 11) Further foreign invasions, 12) the Guptas 13) Fa-hian, 14) Later Guptas 15) the Harsha empire, 16) Hiuen Tsang, 17) Rajaput ascendancy, 18) Minor Hindu Kingdoms 19) Mussalman conquests, 20) the Punjab occupation, 21) Effect of Mussalman invasions, 22) Mohammad Ghor and 23) the Sultanate of Delhi. This book is a reprint of the 1917 edition.

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