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  • Royals and Rebels

    The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire

    by Priya Atwal ...
    In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire stretched throughout northwestern India into Afghanistan and Tibet. Priya Atwal shines fresh light on this long-lost kingdom, looking beyond its founding father to restore the queens ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

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  • India

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • India

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    The British historian and author of Into India delivers "a history that is intelligent, incisive, and eminently readable" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keay's India: A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A History of India

    by Romila Thapar ...
    A history of India upto 1300 AD introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamics ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • The Sikhs

    by Patwant Singh ...
    Five hundred years ago, Guru Nanak founded the Sikh faith in India. The Sikhs defied the caste system; rejected the authority of Hindu priests; forbade magic and idolatry; and promoted the equality of men and women -- beliefs that incurred the wrath of both Hindus and Muslims. In the centuries that followed, three of Nanak's nine successors met violent ends, and his people continued to battle ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Brief History of India

    Translated by Kenneth F. Hurry ...
    by Alain Daniélou ...
    Daniélou's powerful rebuttal to the conventional view of India's history, which calls for a massive reevaluation of the history of humanity• Explores historical occurrences from each major time period starting with the first appearance of man 30,000 years ago• Couples the clarity and perspective of an outsider with the unique and specific knowledge of an insider• By the internationally recognized ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Bravehearts of Bharat

    Vignettes from Indian History

    by Vikram Sampath ...
    Fifteen Brave Men and Women of Bharat who Never Succumbed to the Challenges of Invaders But were Lost and Forgotten in the Annals of History. These are the stories of those Bravehearts who Fought to Protect their Rights, Faith and Freedom.History has always been the handmaiden of the victor. 'Until the lions have their own storytellers,' said Chinua Achebe, 'the history of the hunt will always ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

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  • The Educational Heritage of Ancient India

    How an Ecosystem of Learning Was Laid to Waste

    by Sahana Singh ...
    Just a thousand years ago, India was dotted with universities across its length and breadth, where international students flocked to gain credentials in advanced education. This illustrated book describes how these multi-disciplinary centers of learning existed in several forms such as forest universities, brick-and-mortar universities and temple universities.It examines the funding for these ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • India

    A Short History

    by Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series A Short History
    This concise history tells India's unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day, with a new preface and postscript.Throughout its long history, India has signified many things. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander the Great it was a land of philosophers and indomitable, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • India's Ancient Past

    by R.S. Sharma ...
    This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan civilization. In addition, the rise ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • The Discovery of Ancient India

    Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology

    by Upinder Singh ...
    This book is written as much for the general reader interested in India's antiquity and its pioneering archaeologists, as for students of the history of archaeology, colonialism, and constructions of the past. It breaks colonial archaeology down into its specific constituents and examines the ideas, impulses, tensions, and individual contributions that comprised early studies of India's ancient ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • India

    5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent

    by Professor Audrey Truschke ...
    A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context—from antiquity to todayMuch of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through migration and trade. In this magisterial history, Audrey Truschke tells the fascinating ... Read more

    $28.79 USD