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The Penguin History of Early India

From the Origins to AD 1300

This new book represents a complete rewriting of Romila Thapar's hugely successful HISTORY OF INDIA - VOLUME ONE, thirty-four years after it was first published. Incorporating the vast changes in knowledge developed during her lifetime, Thapar tells the extraordinary story of this great civilisation - a civilisation always based on diverse, often warring sources and that left the astounding buildings and beliefs that still fill India. This book is the authoritative history told with style andmeticulous attention to detail by the world's leading authority.

About Romila Thapar

ROMILA THAPAR is Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and holds an Hon D.Litt each from Calcutta University, Oxford University, and the University of Chicago. In 2008, Thapar was awarded the prestigious Kluge Prize of the US Library of Congress. She has authored over 25 books.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780141937427
  • Length: 592 pages
  • Price: £6.99