India : a history
Keay, John2000
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Accommodating Pakistan and Bangladesh and other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab, Muslim Kashmir and Assam, this text examines the legacy of the 1947 partition, and looks at the colonial era from the overall context of Indian history.
Main title:
India : a history / John Keay.
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Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 2000.London : HarperCollins, 2000.
Collation:
xxviii, 576 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-557) and index.
Contents:
1. The Harappan World: c.3000-1700 B.C. -- 2. Vedic Values: c.1700-900 B.C. -- 3. The Epic Age: c.900-520 B.C. -- 4. Out of the Myth-Smoke: c.520-c.320 B.C. -- 5. Gloria Maurya: c.320-200 B.C. -- 6. An Age of Paradox: c.200 B.C.-c.300 A.D. -- 7. Gupta Gold: c.300-500 A.D. -- 8. Lords of the Universe: c.500-700 -- 9. Dharma and Defiance: c.700-c.900 -- 10. Natraj, the Rule of the Dance: c.950-1180 -- 11. The Triumph of the Sultans: c.1180-1320 -- 12. Other Indias: 1320-1525 -- 13. The Making of the Mughal Empire: 1500-1605 -- 14. Mughal Pomp, Indian Circumstance: 1605-1682 -- 15. From Taj to Raj: 1682-1750 -- 16. The British Conquest: 1750-1820 -- 17. Pax Britannica: 1820-1880 -- 18. Awake the Nation: 1880-1930 -- 19. At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour: 1930-1948 -- 20. Crossing the Tracks: 1948-.
ISBN:
97800025571770002557177
Dewey class:
954
Language:
English
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BRN:
2616
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