A brief history of India
By: Judith E. Walsh
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Facts On File, Inc.; Facts On File
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780816081431
Description: Presents a comprehensive history of the events, people, and social and cultural movements of India covering a period of about five thousand years, and includes such topics as the caste system, Hindu World Order, Gandhi and the Nationalist movement, and much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Land, climate, and prehistory; title: Caste, kings, and the Hindu world order; title: (1000 B.C.E.- 700 C.E.); title: Turks, Afghans, and Mughals (600-1800); title: The jewel in the crown (1757-1885); title: Becoming modern-the colonial way (1800-1900); title: Toward freedom (1885-1920); title: Gandhi and the nationalist movement (1920-1948); title: Constructing the nation (1950-1996); title: Bollywood and beyond (1947-2009); title: India in the 21st century (1996-2009).