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| Chronology | |
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| Preface | |
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| Land and the Human Fabric | |
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| Geography | |
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| Climate | |
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| Dress and Cuisine | |
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| Political Structure | |
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| Secularism and Religious Tolerance | |
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| Population | |
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| Languages | |
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| India in Prehistoric Times | |
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| The Indus-Saraswati Rivers Civilization | |
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| The Vedic Age, ca. 1200 BCE-600 BCE | |
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| Post-Harappan Early History of Indian Source Material | |
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| Vedic Literature | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix to Chapter 3: Vedic People and the Aryan Invasion Theory | |
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| Birth of Two Religions: Buddhism and Jainism | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Jainism | |
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| State and Politics in Ancient India | |
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| Alexander's Invasion | |
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| The Mauryas | |
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| The Rise of the Kushanas | |
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| The Guptas | |
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| Harshavardhana | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Era of Consolidation: Political and Cultural | |
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| The Epics and the Puranas | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| The Bhakti Movement | |
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| The Caste System | |
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| Women in Ancient India | |
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| Education in Ancient India | |
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| Higher Learning in Ancient India | |
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| Early Islam: The Sultanate | |
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| Islam | |
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| The Sultanate of Delhi | |
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| The Khalji Dynasty | |
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| Peninsular Kingdoms: Vijayanagar and Bahmani | |
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| The Vijayanagar Empire | |
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| The Bahmani Kingdom | |
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| The Great Mughals: Babar to Aurangzeb | |
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| Babar | |
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| Humayun and Sher Shah | |
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| Akbar | |
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| Jahangir | |
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| Shah Jahan | |
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| Aurangzeb | |
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| Mughal Administration | |
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| The Later Mughals - Empire Only in Name | |
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| Persian and Afghan Invasions | |
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| The Rise of the Marathas and the Sikhs | |
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| The Rise of the Marathas Shivaji | |
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| The Peshwas | |
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| The Sikhs and Their Relations with the Mughals | |
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| The European Powers in India | |
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| The Age of Commerce, 1498-1757 | |
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| The Age of Conquest, 1757-1848 | |
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| The Blackest Chapter in British Indian History | |
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| Reaction to British Rule | |
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| Agents of Change | |
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| The Great Uprising | |
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| The Indian Nationalist Movement, 1850-1919 | |
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| Nationalism in Europe and Asia Compared | |
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| Special Characteristics of Asian and Indian Nationalism | |
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| India's Unity and Beginnings of Nationalism | |
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| Indian Reaction to the Christian Missionary Challenge | |
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| Establishment of the Indian National Congress | |
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| Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms | |
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| The Road to Freedom Through Partition | |
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| The Two Nationalisms | |
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| The Khilafat or Caliphate Movement | |
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| The Simon Commission and the Muslims | |
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| Irwin's Declaration and Call for a Roundtable Conference | |
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| Gandhi Breaks the Salt Laws | |
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| The Communal Award and Gandhi's Reaction | |
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| The Problem of the Princely States | |
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| The Act of 1935 | |
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| Congress, the Muslim League, and World War II | |
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| Interim Indian Government Formed | |
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| Free at Last but Through Partition | |
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| The March of Indian Democracy, Part I | |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister | |
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| The Question of Portuguese Colonies in India | |
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| The Making of the Constitution and How It Works | |
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| Nehru's Death | |
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| Lal Bahadur Sastri | |
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| Imperious Indira | |
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| The Janata Interlude | |
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| Indira's Rule Again | |
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| The March of Indian Democracy, Part II | |
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| Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister | |
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| Viswanath Pratap Singh, Prime Minister | |
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| Rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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| Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister | |
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| The Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir Dispute | |
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| The BJP in Power - Three Times | |
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| The Congress Party in Power Again | |
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| The Princely States and the Kashmir Question | |
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| Legal Basis for the Independent Status of the Princely States | |
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| The Princes and the Nationalist Movement | |
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| British Dealings with the Princes Just Before India's Independence | |
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| Sardar Patel Heads the Ministry of States | |
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| The Kashmir Question | |
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| Toward Economic Freedom | |
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| Political and Economic Background of India's Economic Development | |
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| Industrial Policy and Socialist Pattern of Society | |
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| Failure of Socialist Planning | |
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| Population and Planning | |
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| Failure of Planning | |
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| New Economic Policy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| India's Foreign Policy | |
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| The Nehru Era | |
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| India's Neighbors and the Superpowers | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |