Non-Fiction
History
THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF EARLY INDIA FROM THE ORGINS TO AD 1300
Description
'This superb book is not only the basic history of how India came to be and an introduction to how the writing of history takes shape, but also, not the least, a deconstruction of the historical myth and inventions on which is based the present intolerant and exclusivist Hindu nationalism. It is essential reading today' ERIC HOBSBAWM Early India-a complete rewrite of Romila Thapar's A History of India (Volume 1) brings to life thousands of years of India's precolonial history: its prehistoric beginnings; the great cities of the Indus civilization; the emergence of mighty dynasties such as the Mauryas, Guptas and Cholas; the teachings of the Buddha; the creation of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana; and the evolution of regional cultures.