The Puffin History of India for Children, 3000 BC - AD 1947, Volume 1In An Informal, Engaging Style, The Puffin History Of India For Children 3000 Bc To Ad 1947 Tells The Fascinating Story Of Our Land From The Indus Valley Civilization To Independence. Tracing The Social, Political, Cultural And Economic Development Of India, The Book Focuses On The High Points Of Indian History: The Vedic Age, The Mauryan Empire, The Gupta Period, The Battle Of Panipat, The Conquests Of Alauddin Khilji, Who Had The Largest Empire Since Ashoka, The Bahmani And Vijayanagara Kingdoms And Their Conflicts, The Rule Of Akbar, Shahjahan And Aurangzeb And The Building Of The Taj Mahal, The British Conquest, The 1857 Revolt, The Nationalist Movement And, Finally, The Triumph Of Independence. The Contribution Of The Important Personalities Who Shaped This History, From Mahavira, Buddha, Alexander, Ashoka, Harsha And Babur To Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose And Jawaharlal Nehru, Is Vividly Described In Fascinating Detail. Every Now And Then The Narrative Pauses To Dwell On The Social And Cultural Life Of The People, And The Political, Economic And Religious Changes That Have Been Wrought Over Centuries, Providing A Comprehensive Picture Of What Life Was Like In India At Various Points Of Time. The Colourful Description Of People, Events And Cultures, Complemented By A Host Of Illustrations And Maps, Brings History Dramatically To Life For The Reader. |
Contents
IndiaOur Land | 1 |
The First People | 11 |
Village Life | 17 |
An Urban Revolution | 23 |
Village Life in Other Parts of India | 35 |
The Rig Vedic Aryans | 38 |
The Later Vedic Period | 44 |
Archaeology and the Vedic Period | 51 |
The Bahmani and Vijayanagara Kingdoms | 207 |
The Early Mughals | 220 |
Akbar Jahangir and Shah Jahan | 226 |
Aurangzeb and the Decline of the Mughals | 232 |
Life in Mughal India | 237 |
The Marathas and the Sikhs | 251 |
Other Independent States | 256 |
Major Religious Developments between AD 1200 and 1750 | 261 |
Megalithic Cultures | 57 |
The Mahajanapadas and the Rise of Magadha | 59 |
New Religious Sects between 600 and 400 BC | 68 |
Alexander | 75 |
The Mauryas | 79 |
North India after the Mauryas | 89 |
The Kushanas | 93 |
The Satavahanas | 98 |
Kingdoms of the South | 101 |
200 BCAD 300 | 107 |
The Guptas | 111 |
The Deccan and South India | 122 |
Harshavardhana | 131 |
Northern India between AD 700 and 1200 | 137 |
Some Other Kingdoms of the North | 145 |
Life in the Northern Kingdoms | 148 |
South India between AD 600 and 1200 | 154 |
India in AD 1200 | 169 |
Ghazni and Ghur | 171 |
The First Sultans of Delhi | 175 |
The Khaljis and the Tughlaqs | 180 |
The Sayyids and the Lodis | 188 |
Some Independent States | 190 |
Life at the Time of the SultanateAD 12001500 | 198 |
The Europeans Arrive | 265 |
The British Expansion and Conquest | 271 |
Further ExpansionFrom Wellesley to Dalhousie | 280 |
Administrative Economic and Social Changes | 286 |
Art and Culture17501857 | 294 |
Early Indian Reformers | 301 |
The Revolt of 1857 | 304 |
The Indian States | 311 |
The Rise of Nationalism | 314 |
The Moderates and the Extremists | 319 |
The Later Reformers | 328 |
The Muslim League | 331 |
Art and Culture after 1858 | 334 |
Social Change in the Twentieth Century | 342 |
New Political Trends between 1908 and 1919 | 345 |
Mahatma Gandhi and NonCooperation | 350 |
The Intermediate Years19221929 | 355 |
Civil Disobedience19301934 | 360 |
The First Indian Government | 364 |
India during the Second World War | 369 |
India before Independence | 374 |
The Last Phase19451947 | 385 |
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