India : the definitive history / D.R. SarDesai
- Bib ID:
- 4306383
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- SarDesai, D. R
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2008
- xxiv, 486 p. : map ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780813343525
- 0813343526
- Summary:
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"Author D. R. SarDesai presents the history of India in its entire civilizational depth. Using an Indiacentric, as opposed to Eurocentric, approach, SarDesai covers the process of change in India through the centuries affecting different segments of the society, including the subalterns. He deals with the sweep of traditional Indian history as well as the postindependence events, judiciously balancing narrative and analysis in the conceptual framework of postcolonial and postmodernist approaches. This is the first major survey that deals with the entire Indian history along the lines of tradition and modernity instead of the old and largely inapplicable divisions of ancient, medieval, and modern timeframes. In adopting such a periodization, the book supports the presentation followed by most instructors in their courses on India."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Land and the Human Fabric
- Geography
- Climate
- Dress and Cuisine
- Political Structure
- Secularism and Religious Tolerance
- Population
- Languages
- 2. India in Prehistoric Times
- The Indus-Saraswati Rivers Civilization
- 3. The Vedic Age, ca. 1200 BCE-600 BCE
- Post-Harappan Early History of Indian Source Material
- Vedic Literature
- Appendix to Chapter 3: Vedic People and the Aryan Invasion Theory
- 4. Birth of Two Religions: Buddhism and Jainism
- Buddhism
- Jainism
- 5. State and Politics in Ancient India
- Alexander's Invasion
- The Mauryas
- The Rise of the Kushanas
- The Guptas
- Harshavardhana
- 6. The Era of Consolidation: Political and Cultural
- The Epics and the Puranas
- Hinduism
- The Bhakti Movement
- The Caste System
- Women in Ancient India
- Education in Ancient India
- Higher Learning in Ancient India
- 7. Early Islam: The Sultanate
- Islam
- The Sultanate of Delhi
- The Khalji Dynasty
- 8. Peninsular Kingdoms: Vijayanagar and Bahmani
- The Vijayanagar Empire
- The Bahmani Kingdom
- 9. The Great Mughals: Babar to Aurangzeb
- Babar
- Humayun and Sher Shah
- Akbar
- Jahangir
- Shah Jahan
- Aurangzeb
- Mughal Administration
- The Later Mughals - Empire Only in Name
- Persian and Afghan Invasions
- 10. The Rise of the Marathas and the Sikhs
- The Rise of the Marathas Shivaji
- The Peshwas
- The Sikhs and Their Relations with the Mughals
- 11. The European Powers in India
- The Age of Commerce, 1498-1757
- The Age of Conquest, 1757-1848
- The Blackest Chapter in British Indian History
- 12. Reaction to British Rule
- Agents of Change
- The Great Uprising
- 13. The Indian Nationalist Movement, 1850-1919
- Nationalism in Europe and Asia Compared
- Special Characteristics of Asian and Indian Nationalism
- India's Unity and Beginnings of Nationalism
- Indian Reaction to the Christian Missionary Challenge
- Establishment of the Indian National Congress
- Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
- 14. The Road to Freedom Through Partition
- The Two Nationalisms
- The Khilafat or Caliphate Movement
- The Simon Commission and the Muslims
- Irwin's Declaration and Call for a Roundtable Conference
- Gandhi Breaks the Salt Laws
- The Communal Award and Gandhi's Reaction
- The Problem of the Princely States
- The Act of 1935
- Congress, the Muslim League, and World War II
- Interim Indian Government Formed
- Free at Last but Through Partition
- 15. The March of Indian Democracy, Part I
- Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister
- The Question of Portuguese Colonies in India
- The Making of the Constitution and How It Works
- Nehru's Death
- Lal Bahadur Sastri
- Imperious Indira
- The Janata Interlude
- Indira's Rule Again
- 16. The March of Indian Democracy, Part II
- Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister
- Viswanath Pratap Singh, Prime Minister
- Rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister
- The Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir Dispute
- The BJP in Power - Three Times
- The Congress Party in Power Again
- 17. The Princely States and the Kashmir Question
- Legal Basis for the Independent Status of the Princely States
- The Princes and the Nationalist Movement
- British Dealings with the Princes Just Before India's Independence
- Sardar Patel Heads the Ministry of States
- The Kashmir Question
- 18. Toward Economic Freedom
- Political and Economic Background of India's Economic Development
- Industrial Policy and Socialist Pattern of Society
- Failure of Socialist Planning
- Population and Planning
- Failure of Planning
- New Economic Policy
- 19. India's Foreign Policy
- The Nehru Era
- India's Neighbors and the Superpowers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-466) and index.
- Subject:
- India -- History
- Copyright:
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