OUTLINE OF THE ARYAN CIVILIZATION.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Nature of the State
- Political Spectrum
- Political Terminology
- King and his Palace
- King and his Territory
- Horses, Chariots and Territorial Conquests
- King and the People
- 2. Form of Government
- Role of Corporate Bodies: Vidatha, Sabha, Samiti
- Rituals of Empowerment
- Asvamedha Sacrifice
- Incipient Rajasuya
- 3. City and the Citadel
- Vedic Gods and Walled Settlements
- Harappan Citadels and the Rgveda
- Defensive Architecture
- Construction Material
- Grid Plan
- Multi-pillared
- Numerous Gateways
- Fort as a Resource Centre
- 4. Merchants and Moneylenders
- Routes and Merchandise of the Bronze Age
- Commodity Exchange of the Middle Bronze Age
- Business Terminology
- Professional Traders: Vanik and Pani
- Private Bankers
- 5. Cruising the Blue Water
- Rivers and the Sea
- Cloud Formation and the Water Cycle
- Vedic Gods and the High Seas
- Tidal Waves, Monsoon Winds and Gulfs
- Marine Fires
- Resources of the Deep Sea
- Seafaring Crafts
- Shipwreck and Rescue Operations
- Pirates and Loss of Direction
- Merchants, Crew Members and Escorts
- Nature of the Cargo
- River-borne Sea Trade
- Sea-borne Wealth and Fame
- 6. Caravans on Dusty Tracks
- Hazards of the Land Route
- Trade in Gem Stones
- Trade in Livestock
- Donkeys and Camels
- Trade in Textiles
- Gold, Gold-like Objects and Other Merchandise
- From Priest to King
- 7. Crafts and Craft-working
- Metals and Metal-working
- Functional Objects
- Ayas
- Copper or Just Metal?
- Smelter (Dhmata) and the Smith (Karmar, Karmar)
- Wood-working and Carpenters (Taksa)
- Functional Objects: Pots, Shafts, Carts, Boats
- Agricultural Tools
- Weavers (Vasovaya, Vayanti) and Weaving
- Leather Workers (Carmamna) and Leather Working
- 8. Story of the Cow-tale
- Chorus of Nomadism
- Meaning of Go
- Buffalo or Mahisa
- Permanent Dwellings
- 9. Peasants and Plough Lands
- Gods and Peasant Activities
- Some Crucial Expressions
- Ksetrapati: The God of Plough Lands
- Terms for Plough Lands
- Acquisition of Plough Lands
- Fights for Acquisition
- Resource Crunch, Famines and Starvation Deaths
- Irrigation: Need of the Hour
- Peasants at Work
- Importance of Food Crops
- Private Farms and Social Differentiation
- 10. Crops and Consumption
- Cereal Dishes: Meals and Oblations
- Purolasa, Dhana, Apupa, Saktu
- Non-cereal Food
- Summer and Winter Crops
- Plough Lands: Ksetra and Urvara
- 11. Drainage and Discord
- Rains and Irrigation
- River Action: Drainage and Soil Fertility
- Overground and Underground Drainage
- Lift Irrigation: Pulley and Suction
- Drought and Discord
- 12. Language and Ethnicity
- Harappan Sign System
- Variant Physical Types
- Linguistic Scenario
- Primary Prakrts, Vernacular Vedic and the Mantra Dialect
- Dravidian and Indo-Aryan
- Elamite, Vedic and Old Persian
- 13. Ethnicity and Afterlife
- Funerary Behaviour in the Rgveda
- Shifting Cremation Sites
- Post-exposure Disposals
- Full-burials
- Grave Goods
- South as the Domain of Death
- Archaeological Record
- Kalibangan
- Harappa
- Cemetery H
- Surkotada
- Birds and Animals in the Afterlife.