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A History of India

This history provides an original, succinct but sustained narrative of the development of Indian society, culture and polity from 7000 BC to the present.

Themes explored include:

The interactions and tensions between cultures and politics, communities and states, and the region and the outside world

Findings of recent research on the range of Indian history and pre-history

The nature of pre-modern as well as contemporary politics

Origins and consequences of the Mughal and British conquests

The link between contemporary problems — such as the role of women, poverty and religions nationalism — and India's rich and varied history.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 448
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780631205463
  • Genres
  • history, india
  • Release date
  • 1998