India

Eine fünftausendjährige Geschichte des Subkontinents, beginnend mit der hoch entwickelten urbanen Besiedlung des Industals, die sich zurückbildete zu nomadenhaften ländlichen Stammesstrukturen, um dann zu einem einzigartigen sozialen Schichtensystem zu werden. Die vielen Völker Indiens, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, eine facettenreiche Kultur und bewegte Geschichte prägten die heutigen Länder Pakistan, Bangladesh und die Republik Indien.

Informationen zum Autor John Keay is a writer, broadcaster and historian whose books include Into Indiä,India Discovered , When Men and Mountains Meet ,Highland Drove , The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company ,The Great Arc , China: A History and (with his wife, Julia Keay) theCollins Encyclopaedia of Scotland . He has travelled extensively in India and the Far East, and specialised in Asian history and current affairs. Klappentext Revised edition of the authoritative and highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Includes the most recent research and covers events from partition to the present day. Zusammenfassung The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India â from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continentâ™s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.

Klappentext

Revised edition of the authoritative and highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Includes the most recent research and covers events from partition to the present day.

Zusammenfassung
The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India â from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continentâ™s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.