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A Children’s History of India

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Item Code: NAL401
Author: Subhadra Sen Gupta
Publisher: Rupa Publication Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2015
ISBN: 9788129136978
Pages: 451
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch
Weight 430 gm
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Book Description

About the Author

 

Subhadra Sen Gupta has written over thirty books for children including mysteries, adventures, ghost stories, comic books and books on history. To her surprise, the Bal Sahitya Akademi thinks she is doing a good job and has given her the Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2014. Right now she is waiting for a time machine so that she can travel to the past and join Emperor Akbar for lunch. She can travel , flirt with cast and chat with auto-rickshaw drivers.

 

Contents

 

SECTION ONE

ANCIENT INDIA

1

A Land Called Jambudvipa

3

2

A City Named Harappa (2600 BCE-1500 BCE)

12

3

The Poets of the Vedas (1500 BCE-500 BCE)

24

4

The Rise of Magadha (500 BCE-321 BCE)

35

5

The Magnificent Mauryas (321 BCE-185 BCE)

49

6

Kingdoms, Culture and Trade (200 BCE-300 CE)

66

7

The Golden Guptas (300 CE-500 CE)

77

8

Southern Sunrise (500 CE-1200 CE)

92

9

A King and a Pilgrim (600 CE-700 CE)

110

What Happened and When

120

SECTION TWO

MEDIEVAL INDIA

l.

The Arrival of the Muslims (1200 CE-1300 CE)

125

2

The Delhi Sultanates (1300 CE-1S26 CE)

137

3

New Kingdoms Rise (1336 CE-1565 CE)

150

4

Life under the Sultans

162

5

Enter the Mughals (1526 CE-1556 CE)

171

6

Akbar Builds an Empire (1556 CE-160S CE)

183

7

The Magnificent Mughals (1605 CE-1658 CE)

195

8

An Emperor and His Enemies (1658 CE-1707 CE)

205

9

Living in Mughal Times

222

What Happened and When

237

SECTION THREE

BRITISH PERIOD

The East India Company (1700 CE-1820 CE)

241

The Company Bahadur (1770 CE-1857 CE)

258

A Time of Change (1800 CE-1900 CE)

274

The Great Uprising (1857 CE-1858 CE)

289

A Sleeping Giant Awakens (1885 CE-1909 CE)

308

Talking of Satyagraha (1915 CE-1930 CE)

326

A Long March to Dandi (1930 CE-1942 CE)

344

The Final March to Freedom (1942 CE-1947 CE)

360

Living in British Times

376

What Happened and When

383

SECTION FOUR

INDEPENDENT INDIA

1

Building a Nation

387

2

The Constitution of India

400

3

Making a Difference

410

4

Growing up in a Free India

418

What Happened and When

425

A Note from the Author

441

Acknowledgements

443

 

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