Ebook: The making of India: a political history

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Part I Pre-Modern India From Pre-History to 1857; 1 Traditional India: An Overview and Comparison; 2 Indian Civilization: From Pre-History to the Eighteenth Century; 3 India's Adjustment to British Aggression: 1756-1857; Part II India Under The British, 1858-1947 The Establishment of a Nonsecular Polity; 4 The British Record: An Overview; 5 The Making of a Communal Polity: 1858-1908; 6 Constitutionalism and the Politics of Communalism: 1908-1947.;Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses on Indian civilization and history, this text provides a sweeping look at the long and varied history of India and how this complex legacy has shaped, and is shaping, the nation's modern polity. It offers unique political-historical coverage of India from pre-history into the 21st century.