A History of IndiaA 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. |
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administration Akbar Ala-ud-din ancient army Aryans Ashoka Asian Aurangzeb Bahmani sultanate became Bengal Bombay Brahmins British Buddhist Calcutta campaign capital centre century BC Chalukyas Chola cities coast Congress conquered conquest culture Deccan defeated dynasty earlier early East India Company elections emerged established Ganga Gangetic governor Gujarat Gupta Gupta empire Harappan Hindu historians imperial important Indian history Indira Gandhi Indus civilisation inscription Islamic Jinnah Kalibangan king Krishna Kushana land later leader Madras Magadha mahajanapadas major Marathas Maurya medieval Mehrgarh military millennium Mohenjo-Daro Mughal empire Muhammad Muslim Nehru North northern India officers organisation Orissa Pakistan Pallava Panjab Party peasants period Persian political Portuguese Pratiharas princes provinces Rajput realm reform regional kingdoms revenue royal rule samantas Samudragupta Sanskrit settlement Shah Shakas Shatavahana South India Southeast Asia southern Soviet sultanate of Delhi Tamil temple territory texts trade tribal tribes troops Vedic viceroy Vijayanagar western