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Banned & Censored: What the British Raj Didn't Want Us To Read by Devika Sethi 9789392130649
RRP: $32.19$21.61The book dives into the history of sedition and censorship in colonial India. Closely examining 100 texts that the British Empire banned, censored or deemed seditious, the work brings to life these lost gems from India's freedom, cultural, and social... -
The Mizo Discovery of the British Raj: Empire and Religion in Northeast India, 1890–1920 by Kyle Jackson 9781009267342
RRP: $109.65$98.03High in the eastern Himalayan foothills, people had a unique vantage point on the British Empire. The Mizo Discovery of the British Raj presents a history of Mizoram in Northeast India told from historical Indigenous perspectives of encounters with... -
Sovereign Anxiety: Public Order and the Politics of Control in India, 1915–1955 by Javed Iqbal Wani 9781009337939
RRP: $109.65$98.54This book studies issues of public order in late colonial and earlier postcolonial India. It identifies various governmental practices, such as curfews, bans and police action, that thrive on extraordinary legislation to maintain public order. The... -
Kang Youwei Engages India: His Travel Narratives (1901–1902) and Predicaments of Civilization and Nation by Kamal Sheel 9781032592022
RRP: $47.72$41.96This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Kang Youwei, one of the most famous intellectuals and modernisers of late 19th-century China. These travelogues offer insights into Kang’s perceptions of India, which influenced modern... -
British Policy Towards the Indian States 1905–1939 by S.R. Ashton 9781032436456
$120.74British Policy Towards the Indian States (1982) examines the concept of indirect rule in terms of both its application and consequences in the princely states of India during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The author first deals with... -
Britain's Army in India: From its Origins to the Conquest of Bengal by James P. Lawford 9781032410685
$143.98Britain’s Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India. From its origins as warehouse guards, through... -
Hello Bastar: The Untold Story of India's Maoist Movement by Rahul Pandita
$23.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670097302Author Rahul PanditaFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House India -
Courting India: Seventeenth-Century England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: $45.15$29.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639363223Author Nandini DasFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 602g -
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple 9781408864425
RRP: $24.50$20.82FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA ‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was... -
India's Near East: A New History Avinash Paliwal 9781805260615
RRP: $45.15$38.38India's near east encompasses Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Indian states of the 'Northeast'--Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Celebrated as a theatre of geo-economic connectivity typified by India's 'Act... -
I, Yantra: Exploring Self and Selflessness in Ancient Indian Robot Tales Signe Cohen 9781438496627
$33.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438496627Author Signe CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The Road to Empire: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs in the Late 1600s Satnam Singh 9780520399372
RRP: $103.20$87.72From the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, the Sikh community transformed from a relatively insignificant religious minority to an elevated position of kingship and empire. Under the leadership of Guru Gobind Singh (1661–1708),... -
British Policy Towards the Indian States 1905–1939 S.R. Ashton 9781032436487
RRP: $36.11$30.69British Policy Towards the Indian States (1982) examines the concept of indirect rule in terms of both its application and consequences in the princely states of India during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The author first deals with... -
Mughal Documents: 1526-1627 S.A.I. Tirmizi, 9788185054711
RRP: $67.73$57.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788185054711Author S.A.I. Tirmizi,Format HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Manohar Publishers and DistributorsPublisher Manohar Publishers and DistributorsQty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $67.73$57.57Subtotal: -
The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan: AD 1398-AD 1707 Edward S. Holden 9788119953523
RRP: $72.23$61.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788119953523Author Edward S. HoldenFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Manohar Publishers and DistributorsPublisher Manohar Publishers and DistributorsQty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: $72.23$61.39Subtotal: -
The Tanishq Story C.K. Venkataraman 9789353455811
RRP: $28.37$24.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353455811Author C.K. VenkataramanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut Publication -
If All the World Were Paper: A History of Writing in Hindi Tyler W. Williams 9780231211130
RRP: $38.70$32.90How do writing and literacy reshape the ways a language and its literature are imagined? If All the World Were Paper explores this question in the context of Hindi, the most widely spoken language in Southern Asia and the fourth most widely spoken... -
Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World Lubaaba Al-Azami 9781529371338
RRP: $19.34$16.43'This is a remarkable book. It combines a spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter with India with a fascinating history of the Mughal Empire' JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West'A compelling, highly... -
City of Kashmir: Srinagar, A Popular History Sameer Hamdani 9781911723769
RRP: $38.70$32.90City of Kashmir offers readers a journey into the 2,000-year history of Srinagar, exploring its written history, legends and oral traditions to take a living pulse. In exploring the city's geography, it maps the daily rituals of life and the accompanying... -
If All the World Were Paper: A History of Writing in Hindi Tyler W. Williams 9780231211123
RRP: $148.35$126.10How do writing and literacy reshape the ways a language and its literature are imagined? If All the World Were Paper explores this question in the context of Hindi, the most widely spoken language in Southern Asia and the fourth most widely spoken... -
Britain's Army in India: From its Origins to the Conquest of Bengal James P. Lawford 9781032410708
RRP: $38.69$32.88Britain’s Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India. From its origins as warehouse guards, through... -
Between Muslim Pīr and Hindu Saint: Laldas and the Devotional Culture in North India Mukesh Kumar 9781009424035
RRP: $109.65$93.20This book focuses on the shared religious figure of Laldas/Khan, and uncovers fascinating historical and contemporary dimensions of Hindu-Muslim socio-cultural interactions around his shrines. It explores reformist and extremist politics that have... -
Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World Lubaaba Al-Azami 9781529371321
RRP: $32.25$27.41'This is a remarkable book. It combines a spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter with India with a fascinating history of the Mughal Empire' JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West'A compelling, highly... -
Critical Insights on Colonial Modes of Seeing Cattle in India (1850–1980): Tracing the Pre-history of Green and White Revolutions Himanshu Upadhyaya 9789819715596
RRP: $141.89$120.60This book traces the contours of the symbiotic relationship between crop cultivation and cattle rearing in India by reading against the grain of several official accounts from the late colonial period to the 1980s. It also skillfully unpacks the multiple... -
Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in India J. Talboys Wheeler 9781032424774
RRP: $38.69$32.88Early Records of British India (1972) is an important collection of source material deriving from official documents which now form part of the India Office Records. It throws light upon the beginnings of British power through the rise of the East India... -
Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal Tithi Bhattacharya 9781478030713
RRP: $29.66$25.21In Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence, Tithi Bhattacharya maps the role that Bengali ghosts and ghost stories played in constituting the modern Indian nation, and the religious ideas seeded therein, as it emerged in dialogue with European science...