Indiaafghanistan - From Common Inheritance to Contested Histories

This book is a searing history of Indo-Afghan relations. It looks at how Afghanistan was once the heartland of India but is reduced now to a troubled cousin in the contemporary era.

List of contents

Foreword by Professor P. Radhakrishnan
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Explaining Ancient Connection
2 The Contested Histories: Journeying Through the Ages
3 Special Symmetry in the Modern Era
4 Testing Time for Perpetual Friendship
5 The Dimensions of Choices in Bilateral Relations
6 Navigating the Chessboard in the 21st Century
7 From Grandeur and Glory to an Oscillating Bond
Bibliography
Index
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About the author

Saroj Kumar Rath has written extensively on the history of Afghanistan's responses to the world. His prize-winning history Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks (2014) has been used as course material at leading universities in Europe, Asia, and America. A specialist in South Asia's security history, he teaches at the University of Delhi.

Product details

• Authors: Saroj Kumar Rath, Rath Saroj Kumar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781041030034
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4103003-4
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Afghanistan, History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021), HISTORY / Asia / South / General