Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India is a detailed and authoritative account of the major political, economic, social and cultural forces that have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent.
Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund provide a comprehensive overview of the structural pattern of Indian history, covering each historical period in equal depth. Fully revised throughout, the sixth edition of this highly accessible book has been brought up to date with analysis of recent events such as the 2014 election and its...
Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India is a detailed and authoritative account of the major...
The South Indian Chola kings had developed a sophisticated maritime enterprise based on sea based commerce with trading contacts in Malaya, Sumatra and China. This had resulted in an ocean going fleet that was dispatched by the Chola King Rajendra Choladeva I against the Srivijaya Kingdom. The essays in this volume reflect on the naval expedition, which is also mentioned in the inscription dated 1030-31 of the big temple of Tanjavur in South India. Perhaps the most significant contribution of this volume to Asian maritime history is the translations of ancient and medieval Tamil and Sanskrit...
The South Indian Chola kings had developed a sophisticated maritime enterprise based on sea based commerce with trading contacts in Malaya, Sumatra an...
Am Beispiel transkontinentaler Migrationen und transkultureller Verflechtungen wird deutlich, dass das europaische Mittelalter weder ein europaisches Phanomen sui generis, noch eine Zeit "getrennter Kulturen" war. Als ein Hohepunkt intensiver Wirkungszusammenhange, die bereits vor der europaischen Expansion Anzeichen einer fruhmodernen Globalisierung tragen, stellt es statt dessen ein eurasisches Phanomen dar.
Am Beispiel transkontinentaler Migrationen und transkultureller Verflechtungen wird deutlich, dass das europaische Mittelalter weder ein europaisch...
