INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. i-vi i
2. PREFACE 7
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION 11
5. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND BRIEF CITATIONS 13
6. LIST OF MAPS 15
7. LIST OF TABLES 16
8. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 17
9. INTRODUCTION 19
10. PART I. THE LITERARY SOURCES
11. 1. DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS 25
12. 2. CHRONOLOGY 50
13. 3. RELIGION AND THE SARBADĀRS 55
14. PART II. THE NUMISMATIC SOURCE
15. 4. THE EPIGRAPHIC REMAINS; DESCRIPTION 63
16. 5. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 68
17. PART III. A HISTORY OF THE SARBADĀR DYNASTY
18. 6. BACKGROUND 93
19. 7. THE EARLY PERIOD 103
20. 8. THE MIDDLE PERIOD 122
21. 9. THE LATE PERIOD 145
22. PART IV. ASPECTS OF THE SARBADĀR PERIOD
23. 10. GEOGRAPHY 159
24. 11. PHILOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 181
25. APPENDIX 185
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 205
27. INDEX 209