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The history of India is a story of many states and empires which begins in the third millennium BC with the Indus Valley civilization. The subsequent influx of pastoral nomads, first in a long series of invasions from the northwest that included the Moghuls nearly 3,000 years later, established the Vedic religious tradition. In a gradual assimilation of popular cults, formalization of the Sanskrit language, and the institution of caste, this tradition supplied the cohesion upon which a national consciousness, in its Western sense, is a comparatively recent grafting. In modern times, two hundred years of British ascendancy were followed in the twentieth century by India taking its place among the nation-states of the modern world. For this revised edition, a new chapter by Dilip Hiro covers the events that have taken place in India from the 1980s to the present day. The enduring distinctiveness of India, its widely recognized but often bewildering "diversity of unity," emerges from these pages as a product of geographical simplicity and historical complexity. 186 illustrations and 4 maps.
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The late Francis Watson was Director of Counter-Propaganda to the Government of India and the author of Gandhi, The Trial of Mr. Gandhi, and The Frontiers of China. A journalist and commentator on Asian affairs, Dilip Hiro's many books include Inside India Today, Dictionary of the Middle East, and Holy Wars: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism.
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A brilliant condensation of an overwhelming mass of material and manages to preserve a masterly overall balance. -- History Today
An excellent basic guide to a vast and fascinating country. -- Irish Times
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- PublisherThames & Hudson
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0500283737
- ISBN 13 9780500283738
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- Number of pages200
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