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The Book Is A Beautiful Narrative Of Bygone Bundelkhand And Verily Brings It Alive. Based Entirely On Archaeological Remains And Epigraphic Records Of The Region, It Is An Authentic As Well As Analytical Account Of IndianS Heartland. It Defines Bundelkhand Tracing The Origin Of Its Name And Fixing Its Frontiers In Historical Perspective. Its Social And Political Formations Have Been Presented With As Much Precisions As Permitted By The Sources, Documenting In The Process The Details Of Interaction Between The Little And Great Traditions. Conceived Around The Core-Theme Of Religion, The Narrative Nowhere Separates From Contemporary Political Or Social Structure And Economic Life Or Artistic Expression. Sources So Far Unutilised Have Been Utilises And Sites So Far Unnoticed Have Been Noticed. Incorporating A Lot That Is Worth-Recording And Remembering About Ancient And Early-Medieval Bundelkhand, The Book Attempts To Cover A Period Of More Than Three Millennia From The Dawn Of Civilization To The Downfall Of The Candellas In The Fourteenth Century A.D. With As Many Details And As Much Analysis As Can Be Reasonably Accommodated, Maintaining The Unity Of Scheme And Impression., An Upcoming Author But A Seasoned Scholar, Dr. Kirit K. Shah (Born Nov. 24, 1945) Had A Brilliant Educational Career Crowned By A First-Class-First M.A., In History And Another First-Class-Third In Ancient Indian History, Culture, And Archaeology. After Putting In More Than A Decade Of Teaching In Madhya Pradesh Educational Service (Collegiate Branch) And Completing His Doctorate In 1978, He Joined The Department Of History, Punjab University, Chandigarh. Currently Reader And Head Of The Post-Graduate Department Of History, S.N.D.T. WomenS University, Bombay, He Has About A Dozen Published Research Papers To His Credit In Provincial And National Journals. A Life Member Of Indian History Congress And A Member Of The Madhya Pradesh Itihasa Parishad, The Punjab History Conference, And The Epigraphical Society Of India, Dr. Shah Holds A Degree In Law As Well As In Literature., Content:- Preface : Acknowledgement : Table Of Transliteration : List Of Iiiustrations : On Defining Bundelkhand : Polity In Socio-Economic Perspective : Religious Geography From Archaeological Remains : Pre-Classical Period : The Classical Age : Early-Medieval Period : Conclusions And Contributions : Bibliography : Index.