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The history of India (Volume II) (Second Editon)

The history of India (Volume II) (Second Editon)

Elphinstone, Mountstuart

Paperback

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesBritish HistoryIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 9353701252
ISBN13: 9789353701253
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 15 2000
Pages: 740
Weight: 2.04
Height: 1.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
India's past is not a single story; it is a succession of worlds, faiths, courts, and conquests. History told with quiet authority. Volume II of Mountstuart Elphinstone's landmark multi-volume history set carries his scholarly historical nonfiction into the great transitions of medieval india narrative: the shifting balance between hindu and muslim periods, the rise of imperial rule, and the long arc of mughal empire political history. Written at the height of 19th century historiography, Elphinstone blends political narrative with an eye for institutions, geography, and the lived texture of power, making this an enduring academic reference edition as well as a compelling india history course text. Read alongside james mill british india, Elphinstone stands as a distinctive voice in orientalist india scholarship: careful, comparative, and often more attentive to Indian sources and continuity than the triumphalist summaries common to early imperial histories. For readers tracing colonial era india history, the groundwork laid here illuminates how regional polities and empires met the pressures that culminated in the british conquest of india, without reducing the subcontinent to a footnote of Europe. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Add it to a classic history shelf, consult it for study, or return to it for the sheer sweep of a narrative that helped shape how India was first presented to the modern English-speaking world still today.

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