{"product_id":"india-a-short-history-9780500295168","title":"India: A Short History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout its long history, India has signified many things. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha. To Alexander the Great, it was a land of philosophers and armies mounted on elephants. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries. At the height of the Mughal Empire in 1700, India meant wealth, boasting nearly 25 percent of the world economy, but then, under British rule, its economy declined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia's identity continued changing in the nineteenth century as colonial India was known for its extremes of wealth and poverty--epitomized by the Taj Mahal and famines, maharajas and untouchables--as well as for its spirituality: many- armed Hindu gods, Sufi saints and Buddhist philosophy, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short history of India places as much emphasis on individuals, ideas, and cultures as on the rise and fall of kingdoms, political parties, and economies, telling a new story on a different scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobinson, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e has written more than twenty-five books on the arts and sciences. They include \u003cem\u003eLost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCracking the Egyptian Code\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEarthshock\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award. He is also a regular contributor to magazines, such as \u003cem\u003eCurrent World Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eScience\u003c\/em\u003e. A former literary editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, he was also a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844573008146,"sku":"9780500295168","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55cd235d-0c78-4d12-9875-ee1f824bf9c6.jpg?v=1746627827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/india-a-short-history-9780500295168","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}