| Edition |
4th ed., [2009 ed.]. |
| Description |
xi, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Previously published: 3rd ed. 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface to the 2009 edition -- The environment. The river -- Heat -- Monsoon rains -- Mountain walls -- Historical prologue. Pre-Aryan urbanization -- Aryan conquests and emerging synthesis -- Acient imperial unification and its limits -- Islamic conquests -- Westernization and modernization -- Young India's revolutions and reforms -- The impact of Mahatma Gandhi -- Religion and philosophy. Yoga and Shaivism -- Mother goddess worship -- Nonviolent Buddhism and Jainism -- Laws of action and reincarnation -- Devotional Vaishnavism -- Higher Hindu philosophy -- Islam in India -- Sikhism -- Modernist religious movements -- Society. Caste and class -- Untouchability -- The family -- Roles of women -- Village life -- The urban revolution -- Arts and sciences. Dance, drama, and music -- Worship in bronze and stone -- Caves, temple and regal art, and architecture -- The art of literature -- Scientific contributions -- Polity and foreign policy. Kingship and democracy -- Economic planning and development -- Foreign policy: Indo-U.S. relations ; Indo-Pak relations ; Sino-Indian relations ; Indo-Sri Lankan relations ; Afghanistan -- The future. |
| Subject |
India -- History.
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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| Indexed Term |
India History |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927- India. 4th ed., [2009 ed.]. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)621342148 |
| ISBN |
9780520260320 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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0520260325 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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