Author:
Wolpert, Stanley, 1927-2019.
Edition Statement:8th ed.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionx, 548 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Note:Previously published: 7th ed. 2004.
Note:Maps -- Preface -- 1: Ecological setting -- 2: Indus culture (ca 2500-1600 BC) -- 3: Aryan age (ca 1500-1000 BC) -- 4: North Indian Conquest and unification (ca 1000-450 BC) -- 5: India's first imperial unification (326-184 BC) -- 6: Political fragmentation and economic and cultural enrichment (ca 184 BC-AD 320) -- 7: Classical age (AD 320-ca 700) -- 8: Impact of Islam (ca 711-1556) -- 9: Mughal imperial unification (1556-1605) -- 10: Western Europe's vanguard (1498-1669) -- 11: Great Mughal glory (1605-1707) -- 12: Twilight of the Mughal Empire (1707-64) -- 13: John company Raj (1765-93) -- 14: New Mughals (1793-1848) -- 15: Unification, modernization, and revolt (1848-58) -- 16: Crown rule: a new order (1858-77) -- 17: Indian nationalism: the first movement (1885-1905) -- 18: Machine solidifies (1885-1905) -- 19: Revolt, repression, and reform (1905-12) -- 20: Impact of World War One (1914-19) -- 21: Toward independence (1920-39) -- 22: Impact of World War Two (1939-46) -- 23: Nehru era (1947-64) -- 24: From collective leadership to Indira Raj (1964-77) -- 25: From Janata Raj to Indira Gandhi's assassination (1977-84) -- 26: Rajiv Gandhi's Raj (1984-91) -- 27: Opening India's economy to globalization (1991-99) -- 28: Escalating Indo-Pak conflict and terror (1999-2006) -- 29: India today (2007-08) -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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