A history of India

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction History and the Environment......Page 14
1 Early Civilisations of the Northwest......Page 30
2 The Great Ancient Empires......Page 63
3 The Regional Kingdoms of Early Medieval India......Page 122
4 Religious Communities and Military Feudalism in the late Middle Ages......Page 175
5 The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire......Page 209
6 The Period of Colonial Rule......Page 257
7 The Freedom Movement and the Partition of India......Page 297
8 The Republic......Page 338
Perspectives......Page 382
Glossary of Indian terms......Page 384
Chronology......Page 389
Bibliography and notes......Page 398
Index......Page 419