CONTENTS:-
PART I:
Foreword/Kireet Joshi.
Introduction.
1. The study of history.
2. Origins of Indian history.
3. The Vedas.
4. The Upanishads.
5. Mohenjadaro and Harappa.
6. The great epics.
7. The Indian social system.
8. The coming of the Buddha.
9. The first invasions.
10. Chanakya.
11. Ancient Indian polity - part 1.
12. Ancient Indian polity - part 2.
13. The Mauryan Empire.
14. The later empires.
15. South Indian kingdoms.
16. Shankaracharya, Madhavacharya and Ramanuja.
17. The Muslim invasions.
18. The Hindu revival - part 1.
19. The Hindu revival - part 2.
20. Summary and retrospect.
21. The Moghul Empire - part 1.
22. The Moghul Empire - part 2.
23. Shivaji.
24. The coming of the British.
25. The economic exploitation.
26. Tipu Sultan.
27. Ranjit Singh.
28. The Indian renaissance.
PART II:
1. The Sepoy mutiny.
2. Indian National Congress.
3. The partition of Bengal.
4. The Surat Congress.
5. The early revolutionaries.
6. Minto-Morley reforms.
7. The home rule movement.
8. The non-cooperation movement - part 1.
9. The non-cooperation movement - part 2.
10. The civil disobedience movement - part 1.
11. The civil disobedience movement - part 2.
12. Two revolutionaries.
13. The Government of India Act - 1935.
14. The Quit India Movement and the Cripps proposals.
15. A divided freedom.
16. Summary and conclusion.
17. Appendix.
