A History of India

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 4, 2010 - History - 472 pages
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This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present.
  • New edition of Burton Stein’s classic text provides a narrative from 7000 BC up to the twenty-first century
  • Includes updated and extended coverage of the modern period, with a new chapter covering the death of Nehru in 1964 to the present
  • Expands coverage of India's internal political and economic development, and its wider diplomatic role in the region
  • Features a new introduction, updated glossary and further reading sections, and numerous figures, photographs and fully revised maps
 

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Contents

INTRODUCTION TO BURTON STEINS A HISTORY OF INDIA
xiv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO FIRST EDITION
xxii
PART I
1
PART II Ancient India
37
PART III Medieval and Early Modern India
103
PART IV Contemporary South Asia
225
NOTES
421
GLOSSARY OF NONENGLISH TERMS
425
FURTHER READING
430
INDEX
435
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administrative agrarian Akbar ancient army Aryan Ashoka Asia Aurangzeb became began Bengal Bihar Bombay brahmans British Buddhist Calcutta campaign capital caste cent central centre Chola cities civil clans colonial communists communities Congress constituted cultural Deccan Delhi dominant early East India Company economic electronic edition Plate European Gandhi Ganges Gangetic plain groups Gujarat Gupta Hindu ideology Image not available imperial independent institutions Islam Jaina Jainism Jinnah Karnataka kingdom kings labour land landlords later leaders Madras Mahabharata mahajanapadas major Maratha Mauryan medieval Mehrgarh ment military modern movement Mughal nationalist Nehru nineteenth century northern officials Pakistan Pallava Party peasant peninsula peshwa political population provinces Punjab Rajput reform regime regional religion religious revenue royal rule rulers rural Sanskrit Shah Shiva shudras Sikhs social society soldiers Stein subcontinent sultans Tamil temples territory tion trade untouchables urban Vijayanagara Vishnu western women

About the author (2010)

At the time of his death Burton Stein was Professorial Research Associate in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He had previously held professorships at the universities of Minnesota and Hawaii. His publications included Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India (1980) and Thomas Munro: The Origins of the Colonial State and his Vision of Empire (1989).

David Arnold is Professor of Asian and Global History at the University of Warwick. His publications include The Problem of Nature (Blackwell, 1996) and Gandhi (2001).

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TitleA History of India
Volume 10 of Blackwell History of the World
AuthorBurton Stein
EditorDavid Arnold
Edition2
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2010
ISBN1444323512, 9781444323511
Length472 pages
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