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- 6 THE PERIOD OF COLONIAL RULE vi
- Company Bahadur: trader and ruler
- Imperial structure and the regional impact
- The pattern of constitutional reform
- OF INDIA 7 THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT AND THE PARTITION
- The Indian freedom movement
- The partition of India
- 8 THE REPUBLIC
- Internal affairs: political and economic development
- External affairs: global and regional dimensions
- PERSPECTIVES
- Bibliography and notes
- Chronology
- Maps
- Index
- 1 History and the Environment MAPS
- 2 Indus Civilisation
- 3 Early Cultures of the Gangetic Valley (c. 1000–500 BC)
- 4 Maurya Empire under Ashoka (268–233 BC)
- 5 India c. 0–AD
- 6 The Gupta Empire (320–500)
- 7 Regional Kingdoms in the Early Seventh Century
- 8 Regional Kingdoms of the Early Middle Ages (c. 900–1200)
- 9 Territorial Development of Orissa (c. 600–1400)
- (1505–9) 10 Temple Donations and Ritual Policy in Vijayanagara
- Late Regional Empires 11 Late Middle Ages (1206–1526): Delhi Sultanate and
- 12 The Mughal Empire
- 13 The British Penetration of India (1750–1860)
- 14 The Republic of India