Publisher's Synopsis
Ever since the birth of civilizations until quite recent times, India has passed through an endless cycle of wars and revolutions... Kingdoms rose and fell in never-ending succession. Mighty conquerors swept across the land seeking wealth, territory, adventure.Dr. Chakravarti gives us a strikingly clear and comprehensive picture of the martial pursuits of the rulers and the peoples of Ancient India. His treatment is clear, and his information precise and scholarly. Dr. Chakravarti has ransacked the whole mass of Vedic, epic, Puranic and classical material in order to authenticate every single link in the chain of his absorbing thesis - altogether a most fitting introduction to a proper understanding of India and her timeless civilization.
