History of India from Earliest Times upto 300 CE

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HISTORY OF INDIA (From Earliest Times Up to 300 CE: A Textbook of History, Three Year Degree Course (Semester System) prepared as per new UGC C.B.C.S. (Choice Based Credit System) of all the Universities of India. Ist Semester (Honours/General) written by Jayanta Baidya (M.A./M.Phil). Assistant Professor of Shirakole Mahavidyalaya, Former Head, Department of History, Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata. Former Assistant Professor of Bangabasi College, Prafulla Chandra College and Asansol Girls' College.

Jayanta Baidya is a Historian and Assistant Professor of Indian History. Jayanta Baidya started his teaching career as a lecturer at a Bangabasi College. Since 2003, he spent seven years as a Assistant Professor of History at the Asansol Girls' College. He got his M.Phil. for his thesis "Kautilya's Arthasastra: Assessment of Morality". In 2010 he became Assistant Professor of history in newly established Shirakole Mahavidyalaya. Mr. Baidya did his graduation in History from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. As a keen observer of Ancient India, he completed his M.A. in History from Jadavpur University. He has been engaged in research on Ancient India for a decade. He is a life member of several academic bodies and writes on The Caste System, Rigvedic India, The Aryans, Jainism, Buddhism, Ancient Indian Polity, The Harappan Culture, Pre-Historic Races and Cultures in India, Social Religious, Economic and Cultural Conditions in Post-Mauryan Times (181 B.C.-320 A.D.) etc.

I have tried to write the book 'History of Ancient India' for the benefit of the students. The book is written in simple language. As Thomas Carlyle put it, "the appreciation of the books is the true knowledge of the world today." So any book should be read. In that sense no book can be bad or evil. This belief is etched in my mind by my sister Sima Baidya, a professor in the Department of International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. I am grateful to Manas Dey of Concept Publications for entrusting me to write this book, 'History of Ancient India'. I am indebted deeply to Ashok Mittal of Concept Publications Pvt. Ltd. for his constant help, support and guidance. Many professors and students from West Bengal, Tripura, and Bangladesh have given me their valuable suggestions and opinions" at different times. Their feedback has inspired and educated me a lot. I am forever indebted to them. Nevertheless, I am the person who is solely responsible for spelling errors and other mistakes. I hope everyone will look at it with an apologetic and kind heart. I would, heartily welcome any reader's opinion for the betterment of this book. I would consider this book of mine a fruitful one if it is of little use to them for whom it is written with great passion and honesty. In the end I would like to mention that this book would not have been written without the support of my wife Mrs. Sanjita Baidya and mother Mrs. Rekha Baidya.

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