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India by Andrew Robinson

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Regular price $22.49
Condition - very good
4 in stock
Summary

Provides a clear focus to each segment of the unfolding story of Indian history, from the cities of the Indus Valley civilization four millennia ago to the Hindu dynasties, from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj, and from Indian independence to the nations emergence as the worlds largest democracy.

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India by Andrew Robinson

In ten incisive chapters Andrew Robinson provides a clear focus to each segment of the unfolding story of Indian history, from the remarkable cities of the Indus Valley civilization four millennia ago to the Hindu dynasties, from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj, and from Indian independence to the nation’s emergence as the world’s largest democracy and one of its fastest growing economies in the modern era.
'I am impressed by the lucidity of the author … a very good attempt to encompass the long history of India within 250 pages' - Asian Voice
'Pithy, admirable … a most refreshing resumé' - The Times Literary Supplement
'Writing an accessible and coherent history of India is an ambitious taskAndrew Robinson meets the challenge successfully … the author’s many-sided engagement with the subcontinent … makes this book more readable than the course texts lately produced by professional historians' - History Today
Andrew Robinson is the author of twenty-five books in the arts and sciences, nine of them on aspects of Indian history and culture. They include two definitive biographies: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye, described by V. S. Naipaul as ‘an extraordinarily good, detailed and selfless book’, and the coauthored Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man. He holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, has been a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and is currently a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
SKU GOR007222910
ISBN 13 9780500251997
ISBN 10 0500251991
Title India
Author Andrew Robinson
Condition very good
Binding type Hardback
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published 2014-03-10
Number of pages 248
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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