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Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives
Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

A Concise History of India



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Contents

(and malcontents)



Chapter 1: Dravidians and Aryans

Before 500 B.C.


Introduction
The Indus Valley Civilization
The Vedic Age
The Man Who Woke Up
The Straightest, Narrowest Path

Chapter 2: The Classical Age of Indian Civilization

500 B.C. to 600 A.D.


The Rise of Magadha
The Mauryan Empire
Invasions and Influence From the Northwest
The Gupta Empire

Chapter 3: Hindus and Moslems in Turmoil

600 to 1500 A.D.


Harsha and His Successors
Early Sri Lanka
The Chola Empire
The Coming of Islam
The Sultanate of Delhi
The Bahmani Sultanate
Vijayanagar and the Arrival of the Portuguese
Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese Drift to the Southwest

Chapter 4: The Mogul Empire

1500 to 1765


Sufis and Sikhs
The Moguls Ascendant
Akbar
The Mogul Zenith
Sri Lanka: The Kandyan Kingdom and European Intervention
The Moguls Besieged
The West Moves In

Chapter 5: The British Raj

1765 to 1906


From Competitors to Conquerors
The British Impact and the Sepoy Mutiny
High Noon of the Raj
The Growth of Indian Nationalism

Chapter 6: Twentieth Century India


The Road to Independence
India Since 1948
Pakistan and Bangladesh
Nepal: A Communist Kingdom?
Sri Lanka: Paradise Lost


© Copyright 2000 Charles Kimball




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