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Book

The shortest history of India : from the world's oldest civilization to its largest democracy : a retelling for our times

Call Number

  • 954 Z93 (CEN)

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Edition

[Revised edition]

Publication Information

New York : The Experiment, 2023.

Physical Description

280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Summary

"Five millennia of civilization masterfully condensed into an absorbing, fast-paced narrative of how India became the world's largest democracy and a rising global power"--

Notes

Originally published in Australia by Black Inc. in 2022.

Contents

  • A note on pronunciation, place names, and dates
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • Lost civilizations
  • Religious revolutionaries
  • The classical age
  • The coming of Islam
  • The magnificent Mughals
  • Merchants and mercenaries
  • The lighting of the fuse
  • The long road of freedom
  • Creating the nation-state
  • A "new India"?.

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