Indian HistoryAllied Publishers, 1988 - Indians of North America Rodeo researcher and writer Reba Perry Blakely discusses Indian history in the State of Washington, especially the Treaty of Walla Walla. She also attempts to interest the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in financing a book on the subject that she proposes to write and talks about her own family history. |
Contents
Preface ili | xiii |
LIST OF MAPS | lvii |
Constitutional Development 17731950 | lxvi |
PREHISTORIC CULTURES IN INDIA | 3 |
Objective Questions and Answers with Annotations A28 | 28 |
A39 | 39 |
Cities of the Harappan Civilization A40 | 40 |
THE VEDIC AND LATERVEDIC AGE A113 | 113 |
SOUTH INDIA B56 | 56 |
India in 1398 B80 | 80 |
ADMINISTRATION AND AGRARIAN B81 | 81 |
PROVINCIAL DYNASTIES OF NORTH INDIA AND THE DECCAN B125 | 125 |
ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIETY B149 | 149 |
INDOISLAMIC CULTURE B176 | 176 |
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH B190 | 190 |
India in 1605 B207 | 207 |
Commerce Economic Changes in the LaterVedic Period Difference and Similarities | 134 |
STATE FORMATION AND URBANIZATION A157 | 157 |
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS A189 | 189 |
The Buddha Buddhist Philosophy The Buddhist Sangha or Church Buddhist Councils | 201 |
BHAGAVATISM AND BRAHMANISM A217 | 217 |
Objective Questions and Answers with Annotations A230 | 230 |
India in c 250 B C A240 | 240 |
THE MAURYAN EMPIRE A241 | 241 |
CAUSES FOR THE DECLINE OF MAURYAN EMPIRE A254 | 254 |
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MAURYAN INDIA A262 | 262 |
Objective Questions and Answers with Annotations A270 | 270 |
Glossary of Mauryan Administrative Terms A289 | 289 |
SOURCES OF MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY B331 | 331 |
THE SANGAM AGE A343 | 343 |
The Sangam Age A344 | 344 |
Objective Questions and Answers with Annotations A369 | 369 |
Glossary of the Sangam Social Political and Agrarian Terms A384 | 384 |
TRADE AND COMMERCE IN THE PREGUPTA AND GUPTA PERIOD A467 | 467 |
TRADE AND COMMERCE FROM THE KUSHANA TO THE PREGUPTA PERIOD | 483 |
Objective Questions and Answers with Annotations A489 | 489 |
Glossary of Ancient Indian Coinage System A502 | 502 |
CHANGES IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ANCIENT INDIĄ A528 | 528 |
1 | 2 |
EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA | 3 |
THE MUGHAL EMPIRE 15561707 B214 | 214 |
The Mughal Empire 1705 B230 | 230 |
BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN COMMERCE B273 | 273 |
Decline of the Mughal Empire in 1765 B279 | 279 |
The Marathas in 1680 B290 | 298 |
THE MARATHA KINGDOM AND CONFEDERACY B299 | 299 |
India in 1805 | 2 |
MODERN INDIA AN OVERVIEW | 3 |
THE DECLINE OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE AND THE RISE OF C21 | 21 |
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THE BENGAL NAWABS C51 | 51 |
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE ON INDIA C73 | 73 |
EARLY UPRISINGS C109 | 109 |
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AWAKENING | 152 |
LOWER CASTE MOVEMENTS | 178 |
PEASANT MOVEMENTS | 185 |
TRADE UNION MOVEMENT | 194 |
THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE | 218 |
GROWTH OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT | 225 |
C290 | 290 |
Objective Questions and Answers With Annotations C305 | 305 |
Objective Questions and Answers with Annotations C347 | 347 |
GANDHI AND HIS THOUGHTS C355 | 355 |
Objective Questions and Answers C382 | 382 |
Common terms and phrases
According administration agricultural Aryans Asoka belonging Bengal Bhagavatism Brahmana Buddha Buddhist called capital caste caves centre century A.D. Chandragupta Chandragupta II Chera Chola civilization codes given coins copper correct answer cult culture Deccan deity Dhamma Dholavira dynasty earliest early evidence excavations Gandhara Ganga gold Greek guilds Gujarat Gupta period Harappan important India Indus inscription Jain Jainism Kalibangan Kalinga Kanishka Kautilya king kingdom known Krishna Kshatriyas Kushanas land large number later Lothal Magadha Mahavira Malwa marriage Mathura Mauryan empire Mauryan period Megasthenes mentioned Mohenjodaro Neolithic officers Palaeolithic Pallava Pandya Pataliputra phase Pillar pottery Punjab Puranas refers region reign religious Rigveda Rock Edict Roman routes royal ruled rulers Samudragupta Sangam sangha Sanskrit Satakarni Satavahana sculptures sects Shakas shudra Siva social South Sri Lanka stone stupa Tamil Taxila temple terracotta texts trade tribes Vakataka valley varna Vasudeva Vasudeva Krishna Vedic village Vishnu western worship