India: A Short History Tapa dura - 2014

Paperback. Very Good.

Thames & Hudson. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Thames & Hudson, 2014. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thames & Hudson, 2014. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thames & Hudson. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Thames & Hudson. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Thames & Hudson. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Thames & Hudson, 2014-05-20. Hardcover. Very good. 6.4x1.1x9.4. India’s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day India has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants – which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices and textiles, paid for in gold―hence the enormous numbers of Roman gold coins excavated in India. At the height of the Mughal empire in 1700, India boasted 24 percent of the world economy―a share virtually equal to Europe’s 25 percent. But then its economy declined. Colonial India was known for its extremes of wealth and poverty, epitomized by the Taj Mahal and famines, maharajas and untouchables, and also for its spirituality: many-armed Hindu gods and Buddhist philosophy, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.India: A Short… Leer más

New York: Thames & Hudson. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2014. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 248 pp. .

Thames & Hudson, 2014-05-20. Hardcover. Like New.