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John Keay. India
INDIA. A History: From the Earliest Civilisations to the Boom of the Twenty-First Century. JOHN KEAY
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
MAPS
CHARTS AND TABLES
AUTHOR’S NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION
INTRODUCTION
1 The Harappan World C3000–1700 BC. THE BREAKING OF THE WATERS
A VERITABLE EMPIRE
2 Vedic Values C1700–900 BC. THE MYTHIFIED ARYAN
INVASIONS OR MIGRATIONS?
NO BAD HYMNS
PASTORAL PEOPLES
3 The Epic Age C900–520 BC. FROM WEST TO EAST
THE MAHABHARATA VERSUS THE RAMAYANA
MONARCHIES AND REPUBLICS
CITY AND CASTE
4 Out of the Myth-Smoke C520–C320 BC. INDUS AND INDIA
WHERE WEST MEETS EAST
THE MARCH OF MAGADHA
THE MACEDONIAN INTRUSION
5 Gloria Maurya C320–200 BC. FLASHES OF INSPIRATION
‘AN INDIAN JULIUS CAESAR’
THE GREATEST OF KINGS
AS LONG AS SUN AND MOON ENDURE
6 An Age of Paradox C200 BC–C300 AD. EBB OF EMPIRE, FLOW OF IDEAS
IN THE DYNASTIC WILDERNESS
ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
LOOKING OUTWARDS TO THE SEA
TRAFFIC AND SETTLEMENTS
7 Gupta Gold C300–500 AD. REDEEMED BY RUDRADAMAN
THE ARM OF THE GUPTAS
THE GUPTA UTOPIA
THEORIES AND DREAMS
8 Lords of the Universe C500–700. COPPER-PLATE FLOURISHES
HARSHA-VARDHANA
ROUND AND ROUND THE MANDALA
9 Dharma and Defiance C700–C900. THE DAWN MUEZZIN
THE RISE OF THE RASHTRAKUTAS
THE KANAUJ TRIANGLE
10 Natraj, the Rule of the Dance C950–1180. THE LION OF GHAZNI
THE TIGERS OF TANJORE
FISH-RICH WATERS
11 The Triumph of the Sultans C1180–1320. FRIENDS, RAJPUTS AND CONQUERORS
THE SLAVE KINGS
ALADDIN’S CAVE
12 Other Indias 1320–1525. THE TUGHLUQS
KAFTAN AND LOINCLOTH
STILLBORN STATES
SWINGING IN THE WIND
13 The Making of the Mughal Empire 1500–1605. BABUR GOES TO INDIA
INTERLUDE OR INSPIRATION
THE RISE AND FALL OF VIJAYANAGAR
ALLAHU-AKBAR
14 Mughal Pomp, Indian Circumstance 1605–1682. THE CHIEF EXCELLENCY
NO MAN HIS RELATION
CONQUEROR OF THE UNIVERSE
15 From Taj to Raj 1682–1750 ‘FRAUD AND FOX-PLAY’
AURANGZEB’S LAST YEARS
TOWARDS A NEW ORDER
A COMMUNION OF INTEREST
FIRST THE FARMAN …
… THEN THE DIWAN
16 The British Conquest 1750–1820. BENGAL LANCED
MYSORE TAMED
THE MARATHAS MANAGED
THE FINAL PHASE
17 Pax Britannica 1820–1880. SIKH TRANSIT GLORIA
REFORM AND REACTION
1857 AND ALL THAT
18 Awake the Nation 1880–1930. TRAINS AND DRAINS
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION
DIVIDE AND UNITE
AN AFTERNOON IN AMRITSAR
PURNA SWARAJ
19 At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour 1930–1948. SCALING THE BARRICADES
FEDERATION FIASCO
‘A BLESSING IN DISGUISE’
THE TRYSTING HOUR
‘A MADNESS HAS SEIZED THE PEOPLE’
20 Surgical Procedures 1948–1965. WHO HAS NOT HEARD OF THE VALE OF CASHMERE?
DIVIDING AND SPOILING
GROUND RULES
TEETHING TROUBLES
21 The Spectre of Separatism 1962–1972. AYUB PLUS ACOLYTE
PEOPLE POWER
22 ‘Demockery’ 1972–1984. THE MIGHTY FALLEN
1984 AND ALL THAT
ARE WE NOT ALL SECULAR?
23 Midnight’s Grandchildren 1984– COMETH THE KALASHNIKOV
JIHAD, THE FRANCHISE
DEMOLITION WORK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GENERAL
CHAPTERS 1–4. Prehistory
CHAPTERS 5–8 ‘The Classical Age’
CHAPTERS 9–12 ‘The Medieval Period’
CHAPTERS 13–15. Mughal Rule
CHAPTERS 16–17. British Rule
CHAPTER 18–23. To Independence and After
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SOURCE NOTES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
PRAISE
ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
