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India : a history: from the earliest civilisations to the boom of the twenty-first century / John Keay

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London : HarperPress, c2010Edition: HarperPress paperback edDescription: xxviii, 658 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780007307753
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Contents:
CONTENTS: The harappan world: c3000-1700 BC -- Vedic Values: c1700-900 BC -- The epic age: c900-520 BC -- Out of the myth-smoke: c900-520 BC -- Gloria maurya: c320-200 BC --An age of paradox: c200 BC-c300 AD -- Gupta gold: c300-500 AD -- Lord of the universe c500-700 -- Dharma and defiance: c950-1180 -- The triumph of the sultans: c1180-1320 -- Other Indias: 1320-1525 -- The making of the Mughal Empire: 1500-1605 -- Mughal pomp, Indian circumstances: 1650-1682 -- From Taj to Raj: 1682-1750 -- The British conquest: 1750-1820 -- Pax Britannica: 1820- 1880 -- Awake the nation: 1880-1930 -- At the stroke of the midnight hour:1930-1948 -- Surgical procedures: 1948- 1965 -- The spectre of separatism: 1962-1972 -- Demockery : 1972-1984 -- Midnight's grandchildren: 1984-.
Summary: The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millennia of the sub- continent's history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.
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""New updated edition""--Cover

Previous ed.: 2000

Includes bibliographical references (p. 619-632) and index

CONTENTS: The harappan world: c3000-1700 BC -- Vedic Values: c1700-900 BC -- The epic age: c900-520 BC -- Out of the myth-smoke: c900-520 BC -- Gloria maurya: c320-200 BC --An age of paradox: c200 BC-c300 AD -- Gupta gold: c300-500 AD -- Lord of the universe c500-700 -- Dharma and defiance: c950-1180 -- The triumph of the sultans: c1180-1320 -- Other Indias: 1320-1525 -- The making of the Mughal Empire: 1500-1605 -- Mughal pomp, Indian circumstances: 1650-1682 -- From Taj to Raj: 1682-1750 -- The British conquest: 1750-1820 -- Pax Britannica: 1820- 1880 -- Awake the nation: 1880-1930 -- At the stroke of the midnight hour:1930-1948 -- Surgical procedures: 1948- 1965 -- The spectre of separatism: 1962-1972 -- Demockery : 1972-1984 -- Midnight's grandchildren: 1984-.

The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millennia of the sub- continent's history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.

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