The Xenophile Historian

Contents

(and malcontents)

	Chapter 1: Ancient/Classical India (Before 600 A.D.)
	Chapter 2: Hindus and Moslems in Turmoil (600 to 1500)
	Chapter 3: The Mogul Empire and the British Raj (1500 to 1906)
	Chapter 4: Recent South Asian History

Chapter 1: Ancient/Classical India

Before 600 A.D.

	Introduction
	The Indus Valley Civilization
	The Vedic Age
	The Man Who Woke Up
	The Straightest, Narrowest Path
	The Rise of Magadha
	The Mauryan Empire
	Invasions and Influence From the Northwest
	The Gupta Empire

Chapter 2: Medieval India

or, Hindus and Moslems in Turmoil

600 to 1500

	Harsha and His Successors
	Early Sri Lanka
	The Chola Empire
	The Coming of Islam
	The Sultanate of Delhi
	The Bahmani Sultanate
	Vijayanagar and the Arrival of the Portuguese
	Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese Drift to the Southwest

Chapter 3: The Mogul Empire and the British Raj

1500 to 1906

	Sufis and Sikhs
	The Moguls Ascendant
	Akbar
	The Mogul Zenith
	Sri Lanka: The Kandyan Kingdom and European Intervention
	The Moguls Besieged
	The West Moves In

	From Competitors to Conquerors
	The British Impact and the Sepoy Mutiny
	High Noon of the Raj
	The Growth of Indian Nationalism

Chapter 4: Recent South Asian History

	The Road to Independence
	India Under the Nehru Dynasty
	Is This the Indian Century?
	Pakistan: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
	Pakistan in the War on Terror
	Bangladesh: The Difficult Years Since Independence
	Nepal: An Ex-Kingdom In the Clouds
	Bhutan: A Real-Life Shangri-La?
	Sri Lanka: Paradise Lost--and Regained?
	Maldives: The Sunny Islands

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