<p>“With this extensively researched volume, Lavanya Vemsani presents a powerful case for a decolonial revision of how the history of India should be viewed. Her work will undoubtedly spark debate, as well as a rethinking of many of the assumptions on which traditional Indological scholarship is based.”</p>

- Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College,

Colonial historical constructions have set the tone for presentation of Indian history within the context of world history. This merely provides partial treatment of Indian history, which is glaringly apparent in the view of new evidence-based research on Indian history. Reframing India in World History breaks the stereotypical portrayal of India based on misconstrued historical theories. Based on new evidence-based research Lavanya Vemsani brings forward comprehensive understanding of Indian history from the beginnings to the present.

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Reframing India in World History breaks the stereotypical portrayal of India based on misconstrued historical theories. Based on new evidence-based research Lavanya Vemsani brings forward comprehensive understanding of Indian history from the beginnings to the present.

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Introduction: Reframing India in World History

Part I The Beginnings of Indian Civilization

Chapter 1. First Human Settlements: The Great Journey Begins

Chapter 2. Prehistoric Golden Era: Neolithic and Other Late Prehistoric Cultures of India

Chapter 3. Earthly Cultures and the Other Worldly Outlook

Chapter 4. Age of Philosophers, Religions, and Empires

Part II. The Rise and Spread of Indian Civilization

Chapter 5. Civilizational Era: The Evolution of Indian Civilization

Chapter 6. Vision Beyond the Land: The Mauryas of India

Chapter 7. India at the Turn of the First Millennium

Chapter 8. Classical India and Southernization of the World

Chapter 9. Later First Millennium India: Overseas Expansion

Part III. Crisis in Indian Civilization

Chapter 10. India Open for Business: Pillaging and Pilfering on the Edges

Chapter 11. Early Colonial and Colonial Regimes of India

Chapter 12. European Colonization of India

Chapter 13. Making of India: Midnight to Moon Strike

Conclusion: Reframing Indian History: Way Forward

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781666905564
Publisert
2025-01-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

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Lavanya Vemsani is Board of Trusties Distinguished Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Shawnee State University.