"India: A Short History" by Andrew Robinson (published by Thames & Hudson)

Concise look at a complex history

18 September 2019 - 12.09 PM

Andrew Robinson's book covered a whopping four millennia of Indian history in concise fashion when it was first published in hardback in 2014. Now it is available in paperback with an update on happenings in the subcontinent since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party were elected in 2014. As the author says, contemporary India holds the attention of the world. It is the seventh-largest country, the world's biggest democracy and today vies with China as the fastest-growing economy.

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