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Informationen zum Autor SarDesai, D. R. Klappentext This book deals with the sweep of traditional Indian history as well as with the post-independence events, judicially balancing narrative and analysis in the conceptual framework of postcolonial and postmodernist approaches, covering the process of change in India through the centuries. Zusammenfassung This book deals with the sweep of traditional Indian history as well as with the post-independence events, judicially balancing narrative and analysis in the conceptual framework of postcolonial and postmodernist approaches, covering the process of change in India through the centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface -- Land and the Human Fabric -- India in Prehistoric Times -- The Vedic Age, ca. 1200 BCE–600 BCE -- Birth of Two Religions -- State and Politics in Ancient India -- The Era of Consolidation -- Early Islam -- Peninsular Kingdoms -- The Great Mughals -- The Rise of the Marathas and the Sikhs -- The European Powers in India -- Reaction to British Rule -- The Indian Nationalist Movement, 1850–1919 -- The Road to Freedom Through Partition -- The March of Indian Democracy, Part I -- The March of Indian Democracy, Part II -- The Princely States and the Kashmir Question -- Toward Economic Freedom -- India’s Foreign Policy
