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100			_aTorri, Michelguglielmo _94282
245			_a History of India
260			_aNew Delhi _bManohar _c2024
300			_a410p.; 513p.; 358p.
500			_aVol. I: from the first human settlements to the Mughal empire Vol.2 From the break-up of the Mughal Empire to the end off Colonial rule Vol.3 From the Nehru Era to the Neoliberal Age (1947-2014)
520			_aThis is the first of a three-volume history of India, characterized by three main arguments: (a) Indian history has been crucially conditioned by the connections linking the Indian subcontinent to the remainder of the world; (b) Indian society was never static, but always crisscrossed by powerful currents of change; (c) colonialism caused both the crystalliza­tion of a ‘traditional’ society – which, in that shape, had never really existed before – and, at the same time, the rise of modernity. This volume examines the history of India from the first human settlements in the subcontinent up to the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1717. The political, military, economic and social developments are analysed against the backdrop represented by the rise, decline, fall and renais-sance of flourishing urban civilizations. While the economy remained mainly agrarian, long-distance trade and pre-modern, but quite sophisticated, manufacturing and service activities rose, declined and rose again. This caused the parallel rise, decline and resurgence of intermediate social strata, later resulting in the formation of a modern bourgeoisie. While the existing religious and cultural strands are analysed, a particular emphasis is placed on the relations between the two main religious traditions, Hinduism and Islam. This volume demon­strates that, despite exceptions, an essentially harmonious coexistence did exsist, which often extended to cooperation. This coexistence came into being as a result of both Realpolitik and the presence, within both Hinduism and Islam, of surprisingly similar mystical movements extremely influential both at the mass level and at the level of the ruling classes. About the Author Michelguglielmo Torri, a former Harkness Fellow, a retired full pro­fessor Asian History (University of Turin), presently the president of ‘Asia Maior, an Italian think tank on Asia’, is the doyen of the Italian historians working on South Asia.
650			_aHistory- India _94283
650			_aAncient Period History _94284
650			_aMediveal Preiod History _94316
650			_aModern Period History _94317
650			_aMOdern History (1947-2014) _94318
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