The Indian Sub-Continent


Glimpses of Its History

Buchamma

(Lakshmi Rameshwar Rao)



Contents

Chapter 1 First Social Organisation

Indus Valley Civilisation

Vedic Civilisation

Other Civilisational Influences

Buddhism

Jainism

The Greeks

Maurya

Southern Kingdoms

Land

Food and Agriculture

Irrigation

Cities and Villages

Religion

Chapter 2 Early Empires

The Maurya

Kushan and Satavahana

Gupta Dynasty

Fa Hien

Life under the Gupta Empire

Trade and Commerce

Culture and Arts

Harsh Vardhan

Fragmentation

The Southern Kingdoms

Chalukya

Pallava

Rashtrakuta

Ganga

Chera

Kalachuri

Chola

Southern Conflict and Society

The North

Paramara

Chauhan

Pratihara

Chandella

Pala

Sena

Tomara

Kalachuri

Guhila

Solanki

Karkota

Nepal

Northern Conflict and Society

Chapter 3 Internal Strife, External Invasion

Fragmentation

Invasions

Successor Dynasties

Mamluk

Khilji

Tughlak

Sayyid

Lodhi

Vijayanagar Empire

Chapter 4 Consolidation of Empire

Empires to Kingdoms

European Interests

The Mughal Period

Babur

Humayun

Sher Shah Suri the Afghan

Akbar

Jahangir

Shah Jahan

Aurangzeb

Nadir Shah the Persian

Bahadur Shah

Jalandhar Shah

Farukh Siyar and the Sayyids

Rafi ud-Darajat

Muhammad Shah Rangila

Cultural Legacy of the Mughals

Art and Architecture

Rajpur Art and Architecture

Language and Vernaculars

Akbar’s Nobles

Chapter 5 Colonial Rule

Consolidation and Fragmentation

European Interests

Portuguese

The Dutch

The French

The British

Anglo-French, The First War

The Second war

The Third War

Bengal

Mysore

Warren Hastings

Subsidiary Alliance

Marathas

Punjab and Sindh

Doctrine of Lapse

Administrative changes

Industrial Revolution

Agriculture

Social Changes

New Direction

The Great Mutiny

After the Mutiny

Agriculture

Industry

Electricity and Water

Transport

Communications

Education

Technical Institutions

Architecture

Rebellion

Reformers

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Debendranath Tagore

Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay

Jyotiba Phule

Keshab Chunder Sen

Pherozeshah Mehta

Subhash Chandra Bose

Chapter 6 Nation Defined

A Nation Against Foreign Rule

Nationalism

Pre-Mutiny Reforms

Brahmo Samaj

Muslim Reforms

Rahnumai Sabha

Post-Mutiny Reforms

Arya Samaj

Theosophical Society

Rajahmundry Association

Bombay Association

Indian National Congress

Zoroastrian Conference

Indian Councils Act 1892

Swadeshi Movement

Satyagraha

All India Muslim League

Bengal Partition

Indian Councils Act 1909

Independence League

Champaran Satyagraha

Rowlatt Act

Jallianwala Bagh

Khilafat Movement

Russian Revolution

Sikh Reforms

Non-Cooperation

Chauri Chaura

Simon Commission

Nehru Report

Salt Satyagraha

Civil Disobedience

Round Table Conferences

Separate Electorates

Clement Attlee

Government of India Act

Indian Government

All India Conference

Divide-to-Rule

Second World War

Self-Government

Quit India

Indian National Army

Eve of Independence

Indian Independence Act

Composite Cultures

Bhakti Poets

Dinabandhu Mitra

Bharatendu Harishchandra

Annie Besant

Raja Ravi Varma

Kandukuri Viresalingam

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

Rabindranath Tagore

Swami Vivekananda

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Dadasaheb Phalke

Abanindranath Tagore

V.D. Paluskar

Muhammad Iqbal

Munshi Premchand

Subramania Bharati

Nandalal Bose

Jamini Roy

Amrita Sher-Gil