India

SarDesai, D. R.

• Preface -- Land and the Human Fabric -- India in Prehistoric Times -- The Vedic Age, ca. 1200 BCE–600 BCE -- Birth of Two Religions -- State and Politics in Ancient India -- The Era of Consolidation -- Early Islam -- Peninsular Kingdoms -- The Great Mughals -- The Rise of the Marathas and the Sikhs -- The European Powers in India -- Reaction to British Rule -- The Indian Nationalist Movement, 1850–1919 -- The Road to Freedom Through Partition -- The March of Indian Democracy, Part I -- The March of Indian Democracy, Part II -- The Princely States and the Kashmir Question -- Toward Economic Freedom -- India’s Foreign Policy