Table of Contents

List of maps; Contributors to this volume; Introduction; PART ONE At the turn of the sixteenth century; I. A changing world; II. The Indian states: the sultanates; III. The Indian states: the kingdoms; IV. The newcomers; PART TWO The Mogul Empire (1556-1739); V. Akbar and the construction of the empire (1556-1605); VI. Mogul splendour: The successors of Akbar (1605-1707); VII. The empire in its prosperity; VIII. Maritime economy and the trading companies; IX. Society and culture; X. The disintegration of the Mogul Empire (1707-39); PART THREE India between two empires (1739-1818); XI. The successor states (1739-61); XII. French India and Franco-British rivalry (until 1761); XIII. The British conquest of Bengal (1757-84); XIV. The birth of the British Empire in India (1765-1818); PART FOUR India in transition (from the end of the eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century); XV. The beginnings of the Raj (1818-58); XVI. The agrarian economy and rural society (1790-1860); XVII. Merchants and cities (1760-1860); XVIII. Cultural and religious transformations (1780-1857); PART FIVE From the British Indian Empire to Independence (1858-1950); XIX. The Colonial state and Indian society (1858-1914); XX. The decline of the empire and the rise of nationalism (1914-42); XXI. Princely India (1858-1950); XXII. The world of the countryside (1860-1950); XXIII. Trade, industries, cities (1860-1950); XXIV. Socio-religious reforms and nationalism (1870-1948); XXV. The end of the British Empire in India; PART SIX On the margins of the Empire; XXVI. French India (nineteenth-twentieth century); XXVII. Sri Lanka: specificities and similarities; Conclusion; Chronology; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

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A chronological analysis of India's vibrant and diverse history.

About the Author

Claude Markovits is Director of Research at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and is Director of the Centre d'Etudes de 'L'Inde et de L'Asie du Sud, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sciences Sociales, France.

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'The best single volume of South Asian history currently available.' -'Itinerario' 'This darkly original text deserves to be on every reading list on Indian history.' -'History: The Journal of the Historical Association' 'An impressively scholarly and immensely detailed chronological text of the rich and diverse history of India from the Mughuls to the Raj...a welcome and strongly recommended contribution.' -'Library Bookwatch' 'An ambitious textbook collection...there is a wealth of material in "A History of Modern India".' -'The Round Table'