Overview

The Fourth Volume of A Comprehensive History of India covers the period from circa 985 CE to 1206 CE. A clear and connected source-based account of the political history and political organization of this period has been provided by competent contributors in the first part of the volume published a few years ago. The second part of the volume being presented here, treats social, economic, religious, literary and cultural developments together with coinage, science and technology and Indias contacts with the outside world during the period. All contributions are marked by their varied perspectives taking cognisance of not only regional specificities, but also of the macro-view of such developments. Notwithstanding the multiplication of political power centres during the period under survey, the dynamism of socio-economic and cultural lives of people never faded away. The volume locates this dynamism within the broad pan-India vision. It also includes more than a hundred illustrations, is provided with an exhaustive and up to date bibliographic survey and a multi-faceted index to facilitate location of readers curiosities.

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Author:   R.S. Sharma ,  K.M. Shrimali
Publisher:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Weight:   1.500kg
ISBN:  

9788173045615

ISBN 10:   8173045615
Pages:   980
Publication Date:   31 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Jinism; Buddhism; Brahmanical Religious Movements; Iconography; Natha & Other Minor Cults; Saktism & Tantricism; Islam; Social Life in Northern India; Aspects of Daily Life; Women in Early Medieval North India; Society & Economy in South India; Women in Early Medieval South India; Economy of North India; Dimensions of Feudalism in Early Medieval India; Sanskrit & Prakrit Literature; Tamil Literature; Kannada Literature; Telugu Literature; Malayalam Literature; Indo-Arabic Literature; Apabhramsa Literatue; North Indian Painting; Art & Architecture of North India; Art & Architecture of South India; Inscriptions of North India; Inscriptions of South India; Coinage of North India; Coinage of South India; Money, Market & Feudalism; India's Contacts with the Outside World; Science & Technology.

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K.M. Shrimali (b.1947), an alumnus of St Stephens College (University of Delhi), taught at his alma mater for more than a decade. Thereafter he joined the University of Delhi in 1981, where he is currently a Professor since 1986. His publications include History of Pancala, Vol. I : A Study (1983); History of Pancala, Vol. II: Corpus of Coins (1985); Agrarian Structure in Central India and the Northern Deccan: A Study in Vakataka Inscriptions (1987); Dharma, Samaj aur Sanskriti (in Hindi, 2005); and The Age of Iron and the Religious Revolution, c. 700c. 350 BC (2nd edn., 2008). Professor Shrimali was elected to preside over the Ancient Indian History Section of the Indian History Congress in 1988.

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