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From: sunil@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Sunil Trivedi)
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Subject: Re: Books about India
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 23:57:07 EDT
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From: dave@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Bharat Dave) Message-ID: <354@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA>

> Sometime ago, a friend asked for a couple of books about India. So far,
> I am sure to suggest the following three titles. 
> ... Any other suggestions ? Thanks.

If considering books on the history of India, I can suggest the two (small)
volume series from Pelican called "A History of India" [not a bad name].
The first volume was written by Romila Thapar (whom I had the chance to meet
when she came to the University of Texas a few years ago).  The second was
written by Dr. Percival Spear.  The first volume "traces the evolution of
India before contact with modern Europe was established in the sixteenth
century."  The second volume "handles the Mughal and British periods."

Has anyone found any other books covering the history of India worth reading?

One problem with books on Indian history is that very little is covered on
the pre-"Aryan" civilizations.  It's like looking for pre-Christian Armenian
history; the victors (Aryans in India and the Christian missionaries in Armenia
[or Hayastan, in Armenian {Hayastani}]) considered their comings the beginning
of the respective cultures.

				 Sunil  Trivedi
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