India before Europe

Description

India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was ever the case, and at no time more so than in the India that existed from 1200 to 1750, before the European intervention. This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey across the political, religious and cultural landscapes of medieval India. It is fluently composed, with a cast of characters that will educate students and general readers alike. List of illustrations   List of maps   Preface   Glossary   Place names: alternative spellings   1 Introduction: situating India   2 The expansion of Turkic power, 1180–1350   3 Southern India in the age of Vijayanagara, 1350–1550   4 North India between empires: history, society, and culture, 1350–1550   5 Sixteenth-century north India: empire reformulated   6 Expanding political and economic spheres, 1550–1650   7 Elite cultures in seventeenth-century South Asia   8 Challenging central authority, 1650–1750   9 Changing socio-economic formations, 1650–1750   Epilogue   Biographical notes   Bibliography   Index