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CONTENTS
PART I
FROM THE ACCESSION OF PARIKSHIT TO THE
CORONATION OF BIMBISĀRA
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CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTION Section I. Foreword
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CHAPTER 11-KURUS AND VIDEHAS. Section I. The Age of the Pārikshitas .
II. The Age of the Great Janaka
III. The Later Vaidehas of Mithila ,, IV. The Deccan in the Age of the Later
Vaidehas ... . . ...
CHAPTER III—MAHĀJANAPADAS AND KINGSHIP Section I. The Sixteen Mahājanapadas
... II. An Epic Account of the Malājanapadas III. The Fall of Kāsi and the Ascendancy of
Kosala „ IV. Kingship
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PART II FROM THE CORONATION OF BIMBISĀRA TO THE
EXTINCTION OF THE GUPTA DYNASTY
CHAPTER I–INTRODUCTION Section 1. Foreword
, II. Local Autonomy and Imperial Unity ...
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