ABSTRACT
This fourth edition of A History of India presents the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present in a compact and readable survey. The authors examine the major political, economic, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the subcontinent. Providing an authoritative and detailed account, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund emphasize and analyze the structural pattern of Indian history.
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 edition also includes expanded discussions of the Mughal empire and the economic history of India.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
The Shakas: new invaders from central Asia
part 4|1 pages
Religious Communities and Military Feudalism in the late Middle Ages The Islamic conquest of northern India and the sultanate
part |2 pages
The problems of administrative penetration
part |1 pages
The ‘Green Revolution’ and the energy crisis
part |2 pages
PERSPECTIVES