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Table of Contents:

• Land, climate, and prehistory
• Caste, kings, and the Hindu world order (1000 B.C.E.- 700 C.E.)
• Turks, Afghans, and Mughals (600-1800)
• The jewel in the crown (1757-1885)
• Becoming modern-the colonial way (1800-1900)
• Toward freedom (1885-1920)
• Gandhi and the nationalist movement (1920-1948)
• Constructing the nation (1950-1996)
• Bollywood and beyond (1947-2009)
• India in the twenty-first century (1996-2010).

Author/Creator:

Walsh, Judith E.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

A brief history of India [by Walsh, J.E.]

Subjects:

India — History

India

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-398) and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

DS436 .W34 2011

ISBNs:

9780816081431 (hc.)
0816081433 (hc.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010026316

OCLC Numbers:

460053427