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Table Of Contents For 'History Of The Punjab - Vol 1' By L M Joshi & Fauja Singh

	CONTENTS
	Chapter	Page
	Foreword Inderjit Kaur Sandhu	(v)
	General Editor's Note Fauja Singh	(vii)
	Preface L.M.Joshi	(ix)
	Introduction L.M. Joshi	1
	Ancient Punjab	1
	The Harappan Culture	2
	The Tradition of the Aryans	9
	Pre-Aryan and Non-Aryan Legacy	12
I	Ancient Geography of the Punjab D.C. Sircar	25
	Changing boundaries of the Punjab	25
	Rgvedic geography of the Punjab	27
	Tribal territories in the Rgveda	29
	Udicya or Uttarapatha in early his toric times	31
	Geographical names in the Classical literature	33
	Punjab states and cities mentioned by Hsuan-tsng	37
	The Punjab tribes in Epico-Puranic literature	38
	Alberuni's description of Punjab rivers and routes	40
II	Pre-historic Proto-historic Punjab V.C. Pandey	46
	Palaeolithic Age	46
	Mesolithic Age, Neolithic Age	48
	Proto-historic Cultures	49
	Pre-Harappan Culture , Harappan Culture	50
	Kotla Nihang, Rupar, Bara, Dhang and Merhanwala	51
	Sanghol, Dhogri and Madhopur , Rakhigarhi, Mudiala Kalan, Raja Sirkap, Daulatpur, Mitahal	52
	Chandigarh Burials	53
	Copper Hoard Culture, Ochre coloured Pottery	56
	Painted Gray Ware	57
III	The Coming of Aryans and their Expansion Sisir Kumar Mitra and Adhir Kumar Chakravarti	61
	Introduction, Evidence of the Rgveda	61
	Archaeological Evidence	68
	Race Movements - Early Vedic Culture	70
	Painted Gray Ware Culture - Later Period	71
	Conclusions	73
IV	Religion and Society in the Rgvedic Age L.M. Joshi	78
	Religion-Preliminary remarks	78
	Main features of the Rgvedic	79
	Rgvedic Gods	80
	Sacrifice in that Rgveda	85
	Munis in the Rgveda	87
	The Kesisukta	89
	Commentary on the Kesisukta	89
	Society	89
	Origins of social classes	90
	Position of women	91
V	Religion and Philosophy in the Later Vedic Age G.C. Pande	94
	Rise of Solar and Abstract deities	94
	Development of monotheistic ideas	96
	Sacrificial worship of Gods	98
	Upanisadic Philosophy	101
	Concepts of brahman and atman	103
	Doctrines of samsara and nivrtti	104
VI	Social and Economic Conditions in the Later Vedic Age G.C. Pande	108
	Janas	108
	Origin of the caste system	109
	The Origin and status of sudras	111
	Pattern of family life	113
	Village life	115
	Rise od cities	116
VII	Monarchies and Oligarchies in the Later Vedic Age Om Prakash	120
	Sources, Ethnic Settlements	120
	Kuru	121
	Madra, Kekaya	122
	Gandhara, Sibis, Ambasthas, Sauviras, Iksavakus	123
	Trigartas, Yaudheyas, Malavas, Ksudrakas, Prasthalas, Vasaits	124
	Kunindas	125