India

by Keay, John

• ISBN13: 9780871138002
• ISBN10: 087113800X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr

Summary

World-renowned South Asia expert John Keay spans more than five millennia in charting the history of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient beginnings in the valley of the Indus through conquest, colonization, and independence. of photos.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Maps	xi
List of Charts and Tables	xiii
Introduction	xvii
The Harappan World: c3000--1700 BC	1	(18)
Vedic Values: c1700--900 BC	19	(18)
The Epic Age: C900--520 BC	37	(19)
Out of the Myth-Smoke: c520--c320 BC	56	(22)
Gloria Maurya: c320--200 BC	78	(23)
An Age of Paradox: c200 BC--C300 AD	101	(28)
Gupta Gold: c300--500 AD	129	(26)
Lords of the Universe: c500--700	155	(25)
Dharma and Defiance: c700--c900	180	(22)
Natraj, the Rule of the Dance: c950--1180	202	(29)
The Triumph of the Sultans: C1180--1320	231	(31)
Other Indias: 1320--1525	262	(27)
The Making of the Mughal Empire: 1500--1605	289	(31)
Mughal Pomp, Indian Circumstance: 1605--1682	320	(28)
From Taj to Raj: 1682--1750	348	(35)
The British Conquest: 1750--1820	383	(31)
Pax Britannica: 1820--1880	414	(34)
Awake the Nation: 1880--1930	448	(36)
At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour: 1930--1948	484	(25)
Crossing the Tracks: 1948	509	(26)
Source Notes	535	(10)
Bibliography	545	(14)
Index (incorporating Glossary)	559