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In the last section of the introductory chapter I have attempted to situate the period discussed in this book within the larger framework of the study of early medieval India. In this I have drawn on the growing body of work on the early medieval phases of South Asia; this is a field which is emerging rapidly, and I am aware that my exposition may need some modification as new research findings come to light.

The second chapter, 'The Life of Government' was written for a conference at the University of Oxford, which discussed several aspects of ancient India, and I am grateful to the organisers for the invitation to participate in the conference. I would also like to thank my friend and colleague, Professor Muzaffar Alam, for his encouragement and guidance. I am grateful to Professor Y. Radhakrishnan and Dr B. S. Vats for reading the draft of the chapter and making valuable suggestions.

The final chapter was written over a longer period of time for this collection, and I am glad to have had the opportunity of presenting my views on the early medieval period in such a setting. I would like to thank Professor Y. Radhakrishnan and Dr B. S. Vats, who have kindly read the manuscript of the chapter and made valuable suggestions.

This edition is the first to be published in India. I think it will be quite interesting to see the interest which it generates among scholars and students of early medieval history in India. It will also be interesting to see, and to read, the responses the book generates in other parts of the world. I hope that, one day, a similar volume will be published in other countries.

The book was first published in 1999. Since then, one or two of the essays have been published as separate articles. This is the first time the book is being published in an Indian edition. I am grateful to Oxford University Press for their interest in a book which has now come out in an Indian edition. I would like to thank Professor K.V. Ramakrishna Rao for making the book possible.

Dr Gautam Dasgupta and Ms Tania Sarkar have patiently gone through the manuscript and made several helpful comments. I am grateful to the editors of the Oxford India Papers for their encouragement to attempt this project. I owe an intellectual debt to the works of Professor S.N. Bose and to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient India and Pakistan (volumes 1 and 2) and to the Oxford India Short Text Series edited by Professor McKeon. I am indebted to the website India Renaissance for the enthusiastic encouragement and for sparking my interest in the post-Gupta period. 827ec27edc