Books on ancient Indian history are based partly on borrowed imagination and partly on distorted facts.They conceal boldly and reveal ceptically.But quite contrarily this work provides a novel conduit,honestly postulated,to the study of Vedic and Harappan civilizations which no student and scholar of the subject can fail to notice.

The present monograph by Dr. Shankar Goyal seeks to study problems of ancient Indian history and culture with a new approach. As Dr. Goyal s main area of interest is historiography, the present work includes several articles on the problems of historiography in which he has analysed the preceptions of earlier scholars thoroughly in the light of his own. Further, he has studied the new source materials which is coming to light every year.

Study of Arthaśāstra of Kautạlya, classical treatise on Hindu polity and statecraft.