Indian Culture after the Mauryas

The “Dark Ages,” ca. 200 BC- 300 AD Documentary records The invasion process in India The culture/politics see-saw of India Graeco-Indian contacts Kushan

Documentary records

The invasion process in India

The culture/politics see-saw of India

Graeco-Indian contacts

Kushan

Indian Trade and Economy Pliny’s lament The Karakoram Road Deccan culture and the southern cone Indian colonialism

Pliny’s lament

The Karakoram Road

Deccan culture and the southern cone

Indian colonialism

The Guptas The Sanskrit Renaissance Fortunate marriage patterns Samudra-Gupta and pillar inscriptions The nature of Gupta authority Kalidasa, the Sanskrit Shakespeare Religion in Gupta India Bakhti Ecumenism

The Sanskrit Renaissance

Fortunate marriage patterns

Samudra-Gupta and pillar inscriptions

The nature of Gupta authority

Kalidasa, the Sanskrit Shakespeare

Religion in Gupta India

Bakhti

Ecumenism

The Mandala Theory of Authority Raja  Maharaja  Maharajadhiraja Cakravartin Patterns of geographic alliance Rituals of submission

Raja  Maharaja  Maharajadhiraja

Cakravartin

Patterns of geographic alliance

Rituals of submission

Post Gupta India Fragmentation Regionalization Feudalism from above and below Commendation Sub-infeudation

Fragmentation

Regionalization

Feudalism from above and below

Commendation

Sub-infeudation

Enter Islam Early Arab raids Muslim views of India The Turkish ascendancy Mahmoud of Ghazni The Pakistani heritage

Early Arab raids

Muslim views of India

The Turkish ascendancy

Mahmoud of Ghazni

The Pakistani heritage

The Hindu-Muslim Animosity Rajputs – heroes of the resistance? The Muslim conquest of Delhi Conquest patterns of the Turks The Delhi sultanate On Mongols and Mughals

Rajputs – heroes of the resistance?

The Muslim conquest of Delhi

Conquest patterns of the Turks

The Delhi sultanate

On Mongols and Mughals