Monuments, power and poverty in India : from Ashoka to the Raj
| 1. Verfasser: |
Bhalla, A. S.
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|---|---|
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Tauris,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xix, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
International library of colonial history
19 |
| ISBN: | 1-78453-087-5 9781784530877 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
India |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- Maurya and Gupta empires and later kingdoms
- The pre-Mughal Muslim kingdoms
- The Deccan Muslim kingdoms
- The Mughal Empire and beyond
- Social glimpses of the Raj
- Imperial splendour of the Presidencies
- Summer capitals and cantonments
- Palaces of learning
- British India and the mother country
- Pomp, extravaganza and poverty.
