A New History of India - Shobita Punja, Toby Sinclair, Rudrangsh Mukherjee Audiobook

Written by Shobita Punja, Toby Sinclair, Rudrangsh Mukherjee
Read by Elvis Mathias
Format: M4B
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A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century

The book covers all the major landmarks of Indian history from prehistoric times up to the 21st 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.

Audible Studios, May 2024
9 hours and 47 minutes

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