History of India: ancient and medieval / Guptas, Vakatakas and post-Gupta north India
Vakatakas, Kadambas and Gangas
Concepts to cover
- Vakatakas: Pravarasena, Prabhavatigupta regency, Harishena and the Ajanta caves
- Kadambas of Banavasi (Mayurasharman) and Western Gangas of Talakad (Gomateshwara patrons)
- Land grants, brahmanisation and rural expansion in the peninsula
Where to study
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 24 and 28
- ch. 24
- ch. 28
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, pp. 110-127 (printed 106-123)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, pp. 128-142 (printed 124-138)
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, Origins of the Gupta Dynasty; 7.3 Chandragupta II (Vakataka alliance, Prabhavati Gupta), pp. 112-113 (printed 108-109)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, 9.4 Ajanta, p. 155 (printed 151)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, Land Grants; Society; Monasteries and Mutts; Growing Popularity of Sanskrit, pp. 150-153 (printed 146-149)
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, Feudalism, p. 123 (printed 119)
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 5. A Changing Countryside: Prabhavati Gupta and the village of Danguna, pp. 13-14 (printed 40-41)