The Indian Sub-Continent
Glimpses of Its History
Buchamma
(Lakshmi Rameshwar Rao)
Contents
Chapter 1 First Social Organisation
Other Civilisational Influences
Land
Food and Agriculture
Irrigation
Cities and Villages
Religion
Chapter 2 Early Empires
Trade and Commerce
Culture and Arts
Harsh Vardhan
Fragmentation
The Southern Kingdoms
Chalukya
Pallava
Rashtrakuta
Ganga
Chera
Kalachuri
Chola
Southern Conflict and Society
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