CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Charts and Tables Author's note to the Third Edition Introduction

1 The Harappan World: C3000-1700 BCE
2 Vedic Values: C1700-900 ВСЕ
3 The Epic Age: C900-520 BCE
4 Out of the Myth-Smoke: C520-C320 BCE

5 Gloria Maurya: C320-200 BCE
6 An Age of Paradox: C200 BCE-C300 CE
7 Gupta Gold: c300-500 CE
8 Lords of the Universe: C500-700
9 Dharma and Defiance: C700-C900
10 Natraj, the Rule of the Dance: C950-1180
11 The Triumph of the Sultans: C1180-1320
12 Other Indias: 1320-1525
13 The Making of the Mughal Empire: 1500-1605

14 Mughal Pomp, Indian Circumstance: 1605-1682
15 From Taj to Raj: 1682-1750
16 The British Conquest: 1750-1820
17 Pax Britannica: 1820-1880
18 Awake the Nation: 1880-1930
19 At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour: 1930-1948
20 Surgical Procedures: 1948-1965
21 The Spectre of Separatism: 1962-1972
22 'Demockery': 1972-1984
23 A Little History Goes a Long Way
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index (incorporating Glossary)