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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789391047511 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Item number |
MUK |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mukherjee, Rudrangshu |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
New history of India: from its origins to the twenty-first century |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Aleph Book Company, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxiii, 455p. |
| Other physical details |
hbk.;col. ill. |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
he book covers all the major landmarks of Indian history from prehistoric times up to the twenty-first century—starting with the country’s geological origins a few billion years in the past and the migration of Homo sapiens from Africa into the region several millennia ago. It traces the evolution of Indian civilization through a multitude of epochs, personalities, and turning points, including the Harappan Culture, Vedic Society, the age of Mahavira and the Buddha, Ashoka and the Mauryas, the Gupta period, the Delhi Sultanate, major kingdoms in the east, west, and south, the Mughal empire, European incursions into the subcontinent, the British Raj, the freedom struggle led by Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Bose, Tagore, and others, Independence and Partition, and key developments in the life of the modern republic. Deepening the overarching narrative are essays on archaeology, caste, religion, art, architecture, philosophy, language, culture, the economy, and various aspects of the nation’s plural, diverse society Written by award-winning historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee along with cultural historian Shobita Punja and photographer-archivist Toby Sinclair, A New History of India brings the story of one of the oldest, most complex countries on earth to vivid life by blending state-of-the-art pictures and maps with a text of depth, clarity, and rigorous scholarship.<br/><br/><br/>https://www.alephbookcompany.com/book/a-new-history-of-india-from-its-origins-to-the-twenty-first-century/ |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indian History |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Prehistoric times |
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Harappan society |
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Vedic society |
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Mughal society |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Punja, Shobhita |
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Co-author |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sinclair, Toby |
| Relator term |
Co-author |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
Books |
