India before Europe
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- Authors:
- Catherine B. Asher, University of Minnesota
- Cynthia Talbot, University of Texas, Austin
- Date Published: March 2006
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521005395
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India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was especially the case in the India that existed from 1200 to 1750, before the European intervention. The book takes the reader on a journey across the political, economic, religious and cultural landscapes of medieval India, from the Ghurid conquests and the Dehli Sultanate to the great court of the Mughals. This was a time of conquest and consolidation, when Muslims and Hindus came together to create a unique culture which still resonates in today's India. As the first survey of its kind in over a decade, the book is a tour de force. It is beautifully illustrated and fluently composed, with a cast of characters which will educate students and general readers alike.
Read more- Covers a critical period of modern India's formation from 1200 to 1750
- Written in an accessible and engaging manner, the book is ideally suited for general readers and students seeking an overview of South Asia
- With numerous features including: photographs of monuments, paintings, and artefacts, glossary of Indian terms, list of biographies of prominent people, and over ten maps
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'Asher and Talbot provide an excellent introduction, very necessary in this type of academic work … the excellent maps … assist our understanding of the subject matter … I am convinced that as a model for writing an academic book India before Europe succeeds … The photographs mostly by Frederick M. Asher and Catherine B Asher are likewise first class …' The Journal of the Open University History Society
See more reviews'… this book will remain a standard in the field for many decades and belongs on the bookshelf of every scholar of South Asia.' Religious Studies Review
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- Date Published: March 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521005395
- length: 333 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 154 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.536kg
- contains: 73 b/w illus. 11 maps
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Preface
Glossary
1. Introduction: situating India
2. The expansion of Turkish power, 1180–1350
3. Southern India in the age of Vijayanagara, 1350–1550
4. North India between empires: history, society, and culture, 1350–1550
5. Sixteenth-century north India: empire reformulated
6. Expanding political and economic spheres, 1550–1650
7. Elite cultures in seventeenth-century South Asia
8. Challenging central authority, 1650–1750
9. Changing socio-economic formations, 1650–1750
Epilogue
Biographical notes
Bibliography.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Art of India
- Asia to 1600
- Asia: An Introduction
- Gunpowder Empires-Ottoman, Safavids, Mughals
- History and Politics of India
- Intro to Modern India
- Introduction to Modern India
- Islam and Asia
- Mughal India
- New Indian Civilizations: Origins to Mughuls
- Religious Identities in Modern South Asia
- South Asia before Europe
- Topics in Hinduism
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