Comprehensive History of India

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  • ISBN 9788173045615
  • Weight: 1500g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 31 May 2026
  • Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
  • Publication City/Country: IN
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The fourth volume of A Comprehensive History of India covers the period from c. 985 ce to 1206 ce. It treats social, economic, religious, literary and cultural developments together with coinage, science and technology and India's contacts with the outside world during the period. All contributions are marked by their varied perspectives taking cognisance of not only regional specificities, but also of the macro-view of such developments. The volume locates this dynamism within the broad pan-India vision. It also includes more than a hundred illustrations, is provided with an exhaustive and up to date bibliographic survey and multi-faceted index to facilitate location of reader's curiosities.
The late Professor R.S. Sharma (1920-2011) was an Emeritus Professor of History, Patna University, and took retirement from the University of Delhi in 1985. In an active career spanning over nearly six decades, he produced numerous landmark publications, such as ??dras in Ancient India, Indian Feudalism and Urban Decay in India (c.300-c.1000). He was the Founder Chairperson of the Indian Council of Historical Research (1972-77).

K.M. Shrimali (b.1947) retired as a Professor of History, University of Delhi after serving for more than four decades (1968-2012). He has authored ten books and presided over several history congresses, including the Indian History Congress. He is committed to disseminate scientific and secular history through the teaching and writing of history. His forthcoming book is History, Archaeology and Ideology: Essays on Intellectual and Social History of Early India.