India

A Short History

Andrew Robinson

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Thames & Hudson
18 September 2019

History; Asian history

India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander the Great it was a land of clever naked philosophers and indomitable, elephantine armies. At the height of the Mughal empire, India boasted nearly a quarter of the world economy, and even under colonial rule it was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Today it is the resurgent home to one sixth of the global population.

Andrew Robinson incisively distills India's many incarnations, from the remarkably advanced cities of the early Indus Valley to the world's largest democracy. Anyone curious about its past, present or future will find this a fascinating introduction.

By: Andrew Robinson
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780500295168
ISBN 10: 0500295166
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 18 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Robinson has written more than twenty-five books on the arts and sciences. They include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts, India: A Short History, and Earthshock, which won the Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award. He is also a regular contributor to magazines, such as Current World Archaeology, History Today, The Lancet, Nature, and Science. A former literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, he was also a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews for India: A Short History

'Writing an accessible and coherent history of India is an ambitious task. Andrew Robinson meets the challenge successfully' - History Today 'Impressively lucid ... very good' - Asian Voice 'sets out to achieve what might seem like an almost impossible feat, to write a history of India that is comprehensive, accessible and appealing. It succeeds admirably ... redolent, concise, engaging' - All About History