This course focuses on Classical India, from around 0 to 1000 CE. Beginning with the rise of theism and extending through the Gupta Empire and later dynasties, we will explore topics as diverse as the development of tantrism and temple cults, feudalism in India, and courtly culture. We will focus on transitions in the political, social, economic, and religious world of the Subcontinent and introduce major trends of interpretation in the secondary literature and the sources upon which these scholarly interventions have been based.