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India: A Short History

India: A Short History

by Andrew Robinson (Author)

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    Hardcover 2014

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Synopsis

In ten incisive chapters Andrew Robinson provides a clear focus to each segment of the unfolding story of Indian history, from the remarkable cities of the Indus Valley civilization four millennia ago to the Hindu dynasties, from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj, and from Indian independence to the nation's emergence as the world's largest democracy and one of its fastest growing economies in the modern era.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 248
 Edition: 01
 Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 10 Mar 2014
ISBN 10: 0500251991
ISBN 13: 9780500251997
Book Overview: This is the story of Indian history, from the cities of the Indus Valley civilization, four millennia ago, to the nation's emergence as the world's largest democracy and one of its fastest growing economies in the modern era

Media Reviews
'I am impressed by the lucidity of the author ... a very good attempt to encompass the long history of India within 250 pages' - Asian Voice
'Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resume' - The Times Literary Supplement
'Writing an accessible and coherent history of India is an ambitious task. Andrew Robinson meets the challenge successfully ... the author's many-sided engagement with the subcontinent ... makes this book more readable than the course texts lately produced by professional historians' - History Today
Author Bio
Andrew Robinson has written more than 25 books on the arts and sciences. They include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts, India: A Short History and Earthshock, which won the Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award, plus Earth-Shattering Events . A regular contributor to such magazines as Current World Archaeology, History Today, The Lancet, Nature and Science, he has also been literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement and a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge.