Kaushik Roy is a Reader in History at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, and Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway. He is the author or editor of fifteen books and numerous journal articles, one of which won the Moncado Prize in 2006.
Introduction; 1. Religious ethic and the philosophy of warfare in vedic and epic India: 1500 BCE
400 BCE; 2. Buddhism, Jainism, and Asoka's Ahimsa; 3. Kautilya's Kutayuddha: 300 BCE
300 CE; 4. Dharmayuddha and Kutayuddha from the Common Era till the advent of the Turks; 5. Hindu militarism under Islamic Rule: 900 CE
1800 CE; 6. Hindu militarism and anti-militarism in British India: 1750
1947; 7. Hindu military ethos and strategic thought in post-colonial India; Conclusion.
