ROMILA THAPAR

Como todas las historias de los pueblos antiguos, la de los hindúes no ha sido fácil de determinar cronológicamente. La importancia de este primer tomo de la Historia de la India de Romila Thapar radica en que, aplicando métodos modernos de análisis, nos ofrece una visión más objetiva de cuándo y cómo se fue conformando este país. Este recorrido abarca de los años 3000 a.C, con las culturas preindoeuropeas, a 1526 d.C., cuando inicia el contacto con los musulmanes.

A History of India (Volume One).The first volume of this acclaimed and now classic introduction to the history of India. Here Romila Thapar traces the evolution of India before contact with modern Europe was established in the sixteenth century. Her account of the development of India's social and economic structure is arranged within a framework of the principal political and dynastic events. This absorbing narrative covers some 2,500 eventful years of history, from the establishment of Aryan culture in about 1000 B.C. to the coming of the Mughals in A.D. 1526 and the first arrival of European trading companies. In particular Professor Thapar deals interestingly with the many manifestations of Indian culture, as seen in religion, art and literature, in ideas and institutions.