A People's History of India 3A - The Age of Iron and the ...
Shrimali, Krishna Mohan
This volume of the A People's History of India series deals with the period spanning c. 700 and c. 350 BC. During this important period of Indian history, iron technology diffused, transforming and multiplying tools, cities arose and commerce spread, the caste system assumed practically all its essential features, powerful states were formed, with armies and bureaucracies, and, finally, Jainism and Buddhism brought about a veritable religious ...