| Description |
xxiv, 486 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-466) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Land and the human fabric -- 2. India in prehistoric times -- 3. The Vedic Age, ca. 1200 BCE-600 BCE -- 4. Birth of two religions : Buddhism and Jainism -- 5. State and politics in ancient India -- 6. The era of consolidation : political and cultural -- 7. Early Islam : the sultanate -- 8. Peninsular kingdoms : Vijayanagar and Bahmani -- 9. The great Mughals : Babar to Aurangzeb -- 10. The rise of the Marathas and the Sikhs -- 11. The European power in India -- 12. Reaction to British rule -- 13. The Indian nationalist movement, 1850-1919 -- 14. The road to freedom through partition -- 15. The march of Indian democracy, part I -- 16. The march of Indian democracy, part II -- 17. The princely states and the Kashmir question -- 18. Toward economic freedom -- 19. India's foreign policy. |
| Subject |
India -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780813343525 paperback |
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0813343526 paperback |
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