Bibliograph

India, a history, John Keay ; [maps and tables by Jillian Luff]

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India, a history, John Keay ; [maps and tables by Jillian Luff]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-557) and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

India

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

42680556

Responsibility statement

John Keay ; [maps and tables by Jillian Luff]

Sub title

a history

Summary

The story of the Indian subcontinent, "one of the world's most fascinating and complicated regions, the home of a billion and a half people, several major religions, and one of the world's oldest and most richly diverse civilizations."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

The Harappan world : c3000-1700 BC -- Vedic values : c1700-900 BC -- The epic age : c900-520 BC -- Out of the myth-smoke : c520-c320 BC -- Gloria Maurya : c320-200 BC -- An age of paradox : c200- BC-c300 AD -- Gupta gold : c300-500 AD -- Lords of the universe : c500-700 -- Dharma and defiance : c700-c900 -- Natraj, the rule of the dance : c950-1180 -- The triumph of the sultans : c1180-1320 -- Other Indias : 1320-1525 -- The making of the Mughal empire : 1500-1605 -- Mughal pomp, Indian circumstance : 1605-1682 -- From Taj to Raj : 1682-1750 -- The British conquest : 1750-1820 -- Pax Britanica : 1820-1880 -- Awake the nation : 1880-1930 -- At the stroke of the midnight hour : 1930-1948 -- Crossing the tracks : 1948-

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