Kaushik Roy

Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500BCE to 1740CE (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive survy of warfare in India up to the point where the British began to dominate the sub-continent. It discusses such issues as How far was the relatively bloodless nature of pre-British Indian warfare the product of stateless Indian society? How far did technology determine the shape of warfare in India? and Did warfare in this period have a particular Indian nature and was it ritualistic?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317586913
• Artikelnr.: 43075339

Autorenporträt

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Professor in the Department of History at Jadavpur University, India and Global Fellow at PRIO, Norway

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. From Tribe to Kingdom: Chariots and Transformation
of Warfare in South Asia, 1500 BCE-300 BCE 2. Theory and Practice of
Warfare in the Maurya and Gupta Empires: 300 BCE-500 CE 3. Theory and
Practice of Warfare from Post Gupta Era to the Beginning of Islamic
Intrusion in South Asia: Circa 500 CE to 1000 CE 4. Horses and Government
under the Sultans: 700 CE-1500 CE 5. Horses, Guns and Warfare in South
Asia: 1500-1740 6. Naval Warfare in Pre-modern South Asia Conclusion

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Preface Introduction 1. From Tribe to Kingdom: Chariots and Transformation of Warfare in South Asia, 1500 BCE-300 BCE 2. Theory and Practice of Warfare in the Maurya and Gupta Empires: 300 BCE-500 CE 3. Theory and Practice of Warfare from Post Gupta Era to the Beginning of Islamic Intrusion in South Asia: Circa 500 CE to 1000 CE 4. Horses and Government under the Sultans: 700 CE-1500 CE 5. Horses, Guns and Warfare in South Asia: 1500-1740 6. Naval Warfare in Pre-modern South Asia Conclusion