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The history of classical India is a huge and complex maze with many snares to entrap the explorer. Much of it is so thickly encrusted with myths that it is often difficult to separate facts from fables. Undaunted by this prospect Abraham Eraly unfolds, in First Spring, a profoundly illuminating panorama of an age that flowered luxuriantly before its inevitable decay. The vast landscape of Eraly’s narrative covers more than a thousand years, from around the ...
In December 1525, Zahir-ud-din Babur, descended from Chengiz Khan and Timur Lenk, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army and some cannon. At Panipat, five months later he fought the most important battle of his life and routed the mammoth army of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, the Afghan ruler of Hindustan. Mughal rule in India had begun. It was to continue for over three centuries, shaping India for all time. In this monumental and definitive biography ...
In December 1525, Zahir-ud-din Babur, descended from Chengiz Khan and Timur Lenk, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army and some cannon. At Panipat, five months later, he fought the most important battle of his life and routed the mammoth army of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, the Afghan ruler of Hindustan. Mughal rule in India had begun. It was to continue for over three centuries, shaping India for all time. In this definitive biography of the great ...
This book is based on the Ithihyamala, an eight-volume compilation of Kerala legends written in Malayalam by Kottarathil Sankunni in the early decades of the last century, between 1909 and 1934. These vibrant fables evoke a long-lost, never-never land: an enchanted world of sorcerers, exorcists and yakshis; eccentric rajas and haughty poets; martial-arts prodigies and peerless physicians; wily wits and devious gadflies; clever elephants, sly crooks, gallant ...
Just over 60 years after winning independence from British rule, India's economy is booming and the nation is fast becoming a leading global power. Home to a dizzying array of peoples, beliefs, lifestyles, and languages, India can seem overwhelming in its complexity. This book takes the lid off this vast and intriguing country, where tradition and modernity coexist. India offers an eye-opening, thought-provoking, and authoritative visual guide to one of the ...