The study of ancient Indian economic history goes back to the middle of the nineteenth century, when Christian Lassen devoted fairly long chapters to industry and commerce in his Indische Alterthumskunde, published in four volumes between 1847 and 1861. His monumental history of India down to the fall of Vijayanagara emphasized political history, the economic sections occupying a subsidiary place. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the history of ancient India. The greatest handicap in the treatment of the history of ancient India, both political and cultural, is the absence of a definite chronology. The dates of political events and the vast mass of literature which normally form the basis of any cultural study are but imperfectly known and [...]
What is proto-history? It has not been defined clearly and its period has also differed from country to country. But generally it has been accepted that it is that part of history about which we have found no written record in any form. In India, we have accepted that this period of history began when the people here started producing [...]