ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |15 pages

INTRODUCTION: History and the environment

chapter 1|31 pages

EARLY CIVILISATIONS OF THE NORTHWEST

chapter 2|56 pages

THE GREAT ANCIENT EMPIRES

chapter 5|40 pages

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE

chapter 6|34 pages

THE PERIOD OF COLONIAL RULE

chapter 8|39 pages

THE REPUBLIC

chapter |3 pages

PERSPECTIVES