Contents include:
PART 1: Ancient India
Sources and Early History (including the Vedic and Brahmanic Periods)
Alexander
The Early Mauryas
Asoka, The Sungas and the Andhiras
Foreign Invaders of North-West India
The Gupta Period
Northern India in Medieval Times
The Deccan
South India
PART 2: Muslim India
Early Muslim Conquests
The Khaljis and the Tughluks
The Sayyid and the Lodi Dynasties
The Kingdom of Bengal
The Kingdoms of the Deccan and Vijayanagar
Gujarat, Malwa and Khandesh
Babur, Humayun and the Afghans
(Plus a chapter each on the Mughal emperors, e.g., Akbar, Jahangir, etc)
Aurangzib in the Deccan
The Successors of Aurangzib
PART 3: British India
The Coming of European Influence (Vasco da Gama, Albuquerque, etc)
The East India Company, 1600-1740
Dupleix and Clive
Warren Hastings
The Establishment of the East India Company as the Supreme Power in India, 1784-1818
The Company’s Last Conquests (Ranjit Singh, Burmese Wars)
Chapters on Administration, Arms, the Indian Mutiny
Central Asia and the Routes of India
Burma, 1852-1918
The Crown
Education and Political Developments
The Morley-Minto Reforms
Political Development, 1910-19
