Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization
Original price was: ₹599.00.₹540.00Current price is: ₹540.00.
Out of stock
An original, deeply engaging and extensively researched work, Indians illuminates a range of histories coursing through our veins.
Delivery: We are a small, independent bookstore and shipping times may be slightly longer than usual. Please allow 2-4 business days for your order to be processed and shipped. We appreciate your patience. We will notify you by email as soon as your order ships.
Print on demand publications require additional preparation. See the shipping section below for details.
An original, deeply engaging and extensively researched work, Indians illuminates a range of histories coursing through our veins.
Delivery: We are a small, independent bookstore and shipping times may be slightly longer than usual. Please allow 2-4 business days for your order to be processed and shipped. We appreciate your patience. We will notify you by email as soon as your order ships.
Print on demand publications require additional preparation. See the shipping section below for details.
In Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization, Namit Arora takes us on an unforgettable journey through 5000 years of history, reimagining in rich detail the social and cultural moorings of Indians down the ages. Drawing on credible sources, he discovers what inspired and shaped them: their political upheavals and rivalries, customs and vocations, and a variety of unusual festivals. Arora makes a stop at six iconic places — the Harappan city of Dholavira, the Ikshvaku capital at Nagarjunakonda, the Buddhist centre of learning at Nalanda, enigmatic Khajuraho, Vijayanagar at Hampi, and historic Varanasi — enlivening the narrative with vivid descriptions, local stories and evocative photographs. Punctuating this are chronicles of famous travellers who visited India — including Megasthenes, Xuanzang, Alberuni and Marco Polo — whose dramatic and idiosyncratic tales conceal surprising insights about our land.
In lucid, elegant prose, Arora explores the exciting churn of ideas, beliefs and values of our ancestors through millennia — some continue to shape modern India, while others have been lost forever. An original, deeply engaging and extensively researched work, Indians illuminates a range of histories coursing through our veins.
Author: | Namit Arora |
---|---|
ISBN: | 9780670090433 |
Publisher | Viking India |
Binding: | Hardback |
Pages: | 304 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Edition: | First |
Condition: | New |
Country of Origin: | India |
About the Author
of India, he lived in Louisiana, Northern California and Western Europe, and travelled in scores of countries before returning to India over two decades later in 2013. He is the author of The Lottery of Birth, a collection of essays, and the novel Love and Loathing in Silicon Valley. For more about him, visit shunya.net.
Shipping
This book will be shipped in 4-6 working days. The time taken for you to receive it after the book is shipped will depend upon the mode you choose, while completing your purchase. The rates applicable for each mode are different.
You will be informed after the order is shipped.
Shipping costs depend on the mode chosen, the weight of the item, and the distance it will travel to reach its destination. Shipping costs will be charged depending on the weight of the entire purchase (if more than one book is purchased). The same shipping mode will apply to all products in such a case.
You may also like…
-
‘Who Is Bharat Mata?’ On History, Culture and the Idea of India
Purushottam Agrawal
Original price was: ₹599.00.₹510.00Current price is: ₹510.00. -
A People’s History of India 2 : The Indus Civilization
Irfan Habib
₹300.00 -
A People’s History of India 25: Indian Economy Under Early British Rule, 1757-1857
Irfan Habib
₹280.00 -
A History of Adivasi Women in Post-Independence Eastern India: The Margins of the Marginals
Debasree De
Original price was: ₹995.00.₹895.00Current price is: ₹895.00. -
Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel: The Making of India’s Electoral System
Raja Sekhar Vundru
Original price was: ₹499.00.₹450.00Current price is: ₹450.00.