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A history of India

Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund

Routledge, 1998

3rd ed

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  • : pbk

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"First published 1986 in hardback by Croom Helm Australia Pty Ltd. Second edition first published 1990 in paperback"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 336-353

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A History of India is a compact synthesis presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present. It remains the definitive text on the nation. This new edition has been thoroughly revised, containing new research, and an up-to-date preface, index and dateline. The authors examine the major political, economic, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent in this survey. This classic text is an authoritative detailed account which emphasises and analyses the stuctural pattern of Indian history.

Table of Contents

Introduction: History and the Environment 1. 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 God's, 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 landpower and European seapower The struggle for supremacy in India 6. THE PERIOD OF COLONIAL RULE Company Bahadur: trader and ruler Imperial structure and the regional impact 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: political and economic development External affairs: global and regional dimensions PERSPECTIVES Bibliography and notes Chronology Maps Index Civilisations of the Northwest

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  • NCID
    BA35252943
  • ISBN
    • 0415154812
    • 0415154820
  • LCCN
    97014068
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 395 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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