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1	The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk add to wishlist IN see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.85! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume 2: Modern India and Pakistan more books like this by Professor Stephen Hay (Editor) add to wishlist Primary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984, with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state. see all copies from $9.98! new only from $29.93!
3	White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist James Kirkpatrick, a British major stationed in India in the late 18th century married a well-connected and very young woman named Khair un-Nissa Begum--an unusual match in those times and one that was officially tolerated only because of Kirkpatrick's talents as an administrator. At his early death, his widow nearly married another member of the ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $3.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Sources of Indian Tradition: Volume 1 more books like this by William Theodore Debarry (Editor), Professor Ainslee Embree (Editor) add to wishlist -- Robert P. Goldman, University of California, Berkeley see all copies from $10.38! new only from $32.50!
5	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist Author Matthiessen documents his travels in Nepal with naturalist George Schaller, including his attempts to come to grips with his wife's death from cancer, and his general pondering of questions of life and death. The snow leopard becomes a symbol to Matthiessen of the elusive silence of the peace of Zen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Concise History of Modern India more books like this by Barbara D Metcalf, Thomas R Metcalf add to wishlist In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new ... see all copies from $7.19! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Freedom at Midnight more books like this by Larry Collins add to wishlist The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants -- from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy more books like this by Dr. Ramachandra Guha add to wishlist Told in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of Indias wild ride since independence is a riveting one. Guha explores the dramatic protests and conflicts that have shaped modern India, but he writes also of the factors that have kept the country together. see all copies from $5.92! new only from $5.92! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age more books like this by Arthur Herman add to wishlist In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire. They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain's most glamorous ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj more books like this by David Gilmour add to wishlist For nearly 200 years a small group of British officials administered vast areas of south Asia. In 1900 just over a thousdand civil servants ruled a population of nearly 300 million people spread over a territory now covered by India, Pakistan, Burma and Bangladesh. It was, as Stalin said with a misture of envy and annoyance, a 'ridiculous' ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.80! \| first editions
11 view cover	New History of India more books like this by Stanley A Wolpert add to wishlist After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	India: A History more books like this by John Keay add to wishlist Accommodating Pakistan and Bangladesh and other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab, Muslim Kashmir and Assam, this text examines the legacy of the 1947 partition, and looks at the colonial era from the overal context of Indian history. India's history begins with a highly advanced urban civilization in the Indus Valley, regressing to a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.25! \| first editions \| SVS
13	A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur more books like this by Gayatri add to wishlist see all copies from $18.00! new only from $18.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Diffusion of Innovations more books like this by Everett M. Rogers add to wishlist At the heart of DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS is Rogers' basic belief in the "innovation/adoption" cycle, detailing the time line in which products new to the market lag before wide adoption. While early adopters will always exist, Rogers contends, the broad success of a product is tied less to its innovation and more to other people's acceptance of it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.40! \| signed copies
15 view cover	The Great Mutiny: India 1857 more books like this by Christopher Hibbert add to wishlist 'By far the best single-volume description of the mutiny yet written' - "Economist". A beautifully written and meticulously researched narrative history of the great Indian uprising of 1857 by one of our most acclaimed living historians. First published in 1978 and re-issued with a handsome new cover for the 2002 paperback edition. see all copies from $2.24! new only from $30.91! \| first editions
16	Bugles and a Tiger more books like this by John Masters add to wishlist see all copies from $18.31! first editions
17 view cover	Island Life: Inspirational Interiors more books like this by India Hicks, David Flint Wood, David Loftus (Photographer) add to wishlist It's the ultimate escape fantasy: Trade in the rat race for life on a tropical island and all the languid luxury that it evokes. For India Hicks and David Flint Wood, the dream became reality when, after high-profile careers, she as a fashion model, he as an advertising executive, the couple left the city behind for the Bahamas. Five years and ... see all copies from $16.99! new only from $28.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India more books like this by Serena Nanda add to wishlist This book should be of interest to undergraduate courses in anthropology. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $36.54! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan more books like this by Yasmin Khan add to wishlist The partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom - through the liberation of India from British rule, and the creation of the Muslim state of Pakistan. In reality the geographical divide effected an even greater schism of the population, benefiting the few at the expense of the very many, exposing huge ... see all copies from $8.79! new only from $10.64! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Indian Art A&i more books like this by Professor Vidya Dehejia add to wishlist This text looks at the role of art in the Indian subcontinent and then analyzes early art from the Indus civilization (2000 BC) to the time of Buddha (c.5000 BC). The Mauryan emperor Ashoka (4th century BC), was an important player in the dissemination of Buddhism, using art to this end. A stable economic base and the rise of a mercantile ... see all copies from $9.86! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
21 view cover	India more books like this by Stanley A Wolpert add to wishlist This new edition brings Stanley Wolpert's brilliantly succinct and accessible introduction to India completely up to date for a new generation of readers, travelers, and students. In crisp detail, Wolpert gives a panoramic overview of the continent on which the world's most fascinating ancient civilization gave birth to one of its most complex ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the Northwest Frontier of India more books like this by Sir Aurel Stein add to wishlist "On Alexander's Track to the Indus", first published in 1929, is Aurel Stein's account of the expeditions he mounted following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great during the triumphant invasion that, interestingly, left not a trace in Indian literature or tradition. Stein's account has justifiably achieved cult status for the dangers and ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.19! \| first editions
23 view cover	City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist A fascinating portrait of a year in the life of the city of Delhi by the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for travel writing in 1995. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company more books like this by John Keay add to wishlist During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into "the grandest society of merchants in the universe". As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an embryonic empire. Without it there would have been no British India and no British ... see all copies from $5.72! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	A History of Bangladesh more books like this by Willem Van Schendel add to wishlist Bangladesh is a new name for an old land whose history is little known to the wider world. A country chiefly famous in the West for media images of poverty, underdevelopment, and natural disasters, Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's history reveals the country's vibrant, colourful past and its ... see all copies from $18.18! new only from $18.18! \| first editions

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