The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300
β Scribed by Thapar, Romila
- Book ID
- 109293155
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 8 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141937427
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β¦ Synopsis
This new book represents a complete rewriting of Romila Thapar's hugely successful HISTORY OF INDIA - VOLUME ONE, thirty-four years after it was first published. Incorporating the vast changes in knowledge developed during her lifetime, Thapar tells the extraordinary story of this great civilisation - a civilisation always based on diverse, often warring sources and that left the astounding buildings and beliefs that still fill India. This book is the authoritative history told with style andmeticulous attention to detail by the world's leading authority.
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The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millennia of the sub-continent's history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East. This edition does not include illustrations.