India a Concise History

Name: India a Concise History
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ISBN: 9780500283738

ISBN-10: 0500283737

ISBN-13: 9780500283738

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Francis Watson, Dilip Hiro

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Beginning in the third millennium BC with the Indus Valley civilisation, this text shows the enduring distinctiveness of India as a product of geographical simplicity and historical complexity.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Prefatory note



Introduction: Unity and Diversity



The Roots: Men and Cities, the Coming of the Aryans, Gods, Kings and Sages



The Light of Asia: The Power of Ideas, the Rise of Magadha, Alexander on the Indus, the Mauryan Empire



The Heirs of Ashoka: Indo-Greeks and Scythians, the Kushan Prelude, the Imperial Guptas, Harsha of Kanauj



The Deccan and the South: The Trade Factor, the Andhra Supremacy, Regional Conflicts, the Expansive South, the Empire of the Cholas



The Impact of Islam: Arabs and Ghaznavids, the Feudal Scene in the North, the Turco-Afghan Paramountcy



Moghuls and Europeans: Christians and Spices, the First Four Moghuls, the New Arrivals, Aurangzeb and the Break-Up of the Moghul Empire, the Anglo-French Involvement



The British Period: The Path to Paramountcy, Reform and Revolt, the Victorian Zenith, the Tide of Nationalism



The new India: Freedom by Division, the Shape of Development, India in the World



India after Nehru: The Dynastic Succession, Into the Twenty-First Century



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List of Illustrations


Index