A History of India

By Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund

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About the Book

A History of India presents the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present in a compact and readable survey. The authors examine the major political, economic, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the subcontinent. Providing an authoritative and detailed account, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund emphasise and analyse the structural pattern of Indian history.

Revised throughout, the fourth edition of this highly accessible book brings the history of India up to date to consider, for example, the recent developments in the Kashmir conflict. Along with a new glossary, this new edition also includes an expanded discussion of the Mughal empire as well as of the economic history of India.

Reviews

'Kulke and Rothermund's work provides and authoritative and detailed account of the structural pattern of Indian history. Through first-rate scholarship, the authors have done a fabulous work in delineating the various nuances of India's glorious historical past while presenting the readers with a much needed and highly readable survey.' - Contemporary South Asia

Table of Contents

Introduction: History and the environment 1. Early civilisations of the northwest 2. The great ancient empires 3. The regional kingdoms of early medieval India 4. Religious communities and military feudalism in the late middle ages 5. The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire 6. The period of colonial rule 7. The freedom movement and the partition of India 8. The republic

About the Author(s)

Hermann Kulke is Professor of Asian History at the University of Kiel. He is the author of Kings and Cults: State Formation and Legitimation in India and Southeast Asia (1993).
Dietmar Rothermund is Professor and Head of History at the South Asian Institute, University of Heidelberg. His books include An Economic History of India (1993) and The Global Impact of the Great Depression, 1929-1939 (1996).