Routledge 4 edition | August 1, 2004 | English ISBN-10: 0415329205 | ISBN-13: 978-0415329200 | 448 pages
Product Description :
Revised throughout, the fourth edition of this highly accessible book brings the history of India up to date to consider, for example, the recent developments in the Kashmir conflict. Along with a new Glossary, this new edition also includes an expanded discussion of the Mughal Empire as well as the economic history of India
Contents :
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Introduction: History and the Environment1 Early Civilisations of the Northwest
Prehistory and the Indus civilisation
Immigration and settlement of the Indo-Aryans
2 The Great Ancient Empires
The rise of the Gangetic culture and the great empires
of the east
The end of the Maurya empire and the northern invaders
The classical age of the Guptas
The rise of south India
3 The Regional Kingdoms of Early Medieval India
The rise and conflicts of regional kingdoms
Kings, princes and priests: the structure of Hindu realms
Gods, temples and poets: the growth of regional cultures
India?s impact on southeast Asia: causes and consequences
4 Religious Communities and Military Feudalism in
the late Middle Ages
The Islamic conquest of northern India and the sultanate
of Delhi
The states of central and southern India in the period of
the sultanate of Delhi
5 The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire
The Great Mughals and their adversaries
Indian land power and European sea power
The struggle for supremacy in India
6 The Period of Colonial Rule
Company Bahadur: trader and ruler
The colonial economy
The regional impact of British rule
The pattern of constitutional reform
7 The Freedom Movement and the Partition of India
The Indian freedom movement
The partition of India
8 The Republic
Internal affairs and political development
External affairs: global and regional dimensions
Perspectives
Glossary of Indian terms
Chronology
Bibliography and notes