History of precolonial India : issues and debates / Hermann Kulke ; English edition revised and edited by Bhairabi Prasad Sahu ; translated from German by Parnal Chirmuley.
Edition:
First English edition.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xvii, 383 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 23 cm
Translation of: Indische Geschichte bis 1750. Copyright: Walter De Gruyter GmbH. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-367) and index.
Summary:
A comprehensive and analytical assessment of the history of the Indian subcontinent until 1750 CE, History of Precolonial India situates Indian history in the wider context of its Asiatic background in an effort to accommodate the ongoing cultural transactions, intersections, and overlaps. This, it is hoped, will allow the reader to go beyond the usual brief flirtations with Asian history and appreciate the historical significance of the cultural and political interactions across the shifting and permeable regional borders. Divided into three parts, the book begins with an exploration of ancient and medieval South Asian history. The second part focuses on the major debates in precolonial Indian history such as periodization, the Indo-Aryan problem, state formation, and the Indian Ocean trade. The final section comprises a thematically arranged and exhaustive bibliography. In bringing out the changing historiographical contours through time, this volume focuses on facets of connected histories that went into the shaping of the cultural fabric of South Asia.
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