Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500bce to 1740ce

ISBN-13: 9780815358022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 258 str.

Norway) India and PRIO Kaushik (Jadavpur University Roy

Opis

This book presents a comprehensive survy of warfare in India up to the point where the British began to dominate the sub-continent. It discusses such issues as How far was the relatively bloodless nature of pre-British Indian warfare the product of stateless Indian society? How far did technology determine the shape of warfare in India? and Did warfare in this period have a particular Indian nature and was it ritualistic?

Spis treści

Preface  Introduction  1. From Tribe to Kingdom: Chariots and Transformation of Warfare in South Asia, 1500 BCE-300 BCE  2. Theory and Practice of Warfare in the Maurya and Gupta Empires: 300 BCE-500 CE  3. Theory and Practice of Warfare from Post Gupta Era to the Beginning of Islamic Intrusion in South Asia: Circa 500 CE to 1000 CE  4. Horses and Government under the Sultans: 700 CE-1500 CE  5. Horses, Guns and Warfare in South Asia: 1500-1740  6. Naval Warfare in Pre-modern South Asia  Conclusion

O autorze

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Professor in the Department of History at Jadavpur University, India and Global Fellow at PRIO, Norway