The book begins with Harappa and ends with the framing of the Indian constitution. The book covers developments in different spheres - economic, cultural, social, political, and religious. Some themes in the book will introduce you to the politics of the time and the nature of authority and power; others explore the way societies are organised, and the way they function and change; still others tell us about religious life and ritual practices, about the working of economies, and the changes within rural and urban societies.
Chapters
- The Harappan Civilisation
- Early States and Economies (600 BCE-600 CE)
- Early Societies (600 BCE-600 CE)
- Cultural Developments (600 BCE-600 CE)
- Perceptions of Society (tenth to seventeenth centuries)
- Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (eighth to eighteenth centuries)
- An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (fourteenth to sixteenth centuries)
- Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)
- The Mughal Courts (sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)
- Colonialism: Exploring Official Archives
- 1857 Revolt and its Representations
- Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture
- Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences
- The Beginning of a New Era