| Publication |
India, Penguin Group, 2002.
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| Description |
404p
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| Summary/Abstract |
An introduction to the history of India for children. It contains detailed maps and interesting descriptions of people, places and cultures which makes it a compelling and entertaining read.
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| Contents |
India - oue land
The first people
Village life
The Indus Valley Civilization : An urban revolution
Village life in other parts of India
The Rig Vedic Aryans
The later Vedic period
Archaeology and the Vedic period
Megalithic cultures
The Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha
New religious secs between 600 and 400 B.C.
Alexander
The Mauryas
North India after the Mauryas
The Kushanas
The Satavahanas
Kingdoms of the South
Towns and trade : 200 BC - AD 300
The Guptas
The Deccan and South India
Harshavardhana
Northern India between AD 700 and 1200
Some other kingdoms of the North
Life in the Northern Kingdoms
South India between AD 600 and 1200
India in AD 1200
Ghazni and Ghur
The first sultans of Delhi
The Khaljis and the Tughlaqs
The Sayyids and the Lodis
Some independent States
Life at the time of the Sultanate - AD 1200 - 1500
The Bahmani and the Vijayanagara kingdoms
The early Mughals
Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan
Aurangzeb and the decline of the Mughals
Life in Mughal India
The Marathas and the Sikhs
Other independent states
Major religious developments between AD 1200 and 1750
The Europeans arrive
The British expansion and conquest
Furthur expansion - from Wellesley to Dalhousie
Administrative, economic and social changes
Art and culture - 1750 - 1857
Early Indian reformers
The revolt of 1857
The Indian states
The rise of nationalism
The moderates and the extremists
The later reformers
The Muslim league
Art and culture after 1858
Social change in the twentieth century
New political trends betwene 1908 and 1919
Mahatma Gandhi and non-cooperation
The intermediate years - 1922 - 1929
Civil disobedience - 1930 - 1934
The first Indian Government
India during the Second World War
India before Independence
The last phase - 1945 - 1947
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| Standard Number |
143335448 Pb.
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