The present book offers an exhaustive treatment of the political, social, economi-cal and cultural history of Malwa from the earliest times to 1305 A.D. Herein, for the very first time, the author has arranged systematically and discussed the relevant historical material in the form of archaeo-logical antiquities, inscriptions, coins and literature.
The book is divided into sixteen chapters. Chs I-IX discuss the ancient history of Malwa from the earliest times to 700 A.D.; Chs X-XVI deal with the Early Medieval Period from 701 to 1305 A.D. The principal contents of the chapters are as follows :
(1) Origin, movement and settlements of the Malavas; (2 ) Geographical Back-ground; (3) Sources; (4) Malwa Stone Age Cultures; (5) Malwa's Chalcolithic Cultures; (6) Legendary and traditional History of Ancient Malwa; (7) Pradyota Maurya Period; (8) gutiga-Satavahana-Saka Period; (9) Gupta Aulikara Period; (10 )Paramara Period; (11 )Administration; (12 ) Religion; (13 ) Art and Architecture; (14) Education and Literature; (15) So-cial Condition; (16) Economic condition.
This study, written in a lucid and expressive style, documented with Biblio-graphy, General Index, Maps and one hundred photographs will be found very useful to the students of the early Indian history and culture.
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