About the Book: A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-First
Century
A complete one-volume history of India illustrated throughout by maps and
photographs in full colour.
The book covers all the major landmarks of Indian history from prehistoric times
up to the twenty-first century—starting with the countrys geological origins a
few billion years in the past and the migration of Homo sapiens from Africa into
the region several millennia ago. It traces the evolution of Indian civilization
through a multitude of epochs, personalities, and turning points, including the
Harappan Culture, Vedic Society, the age of Mahavira and the Buddha, Ashoka and
the Mauryas, the Gupta