India Through the Ages: A Popular and Picturesque History of Hindustan

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Author

Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929

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Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books (University of Michigan)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

India -- History

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eBook-No.

39848

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39848

Release Date

May 29, 2012

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INDIA THROUGH THE AGES
2. 2.A POPULAR AND PICTURESQUE HISTORY OF HINDUSTAN
3. 3.FLORA ANNIE STEEL — WITH 7 MAPS — THIRD EDITION — LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LIMITED NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. — 1911
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.LIST OF MAPS
6. 6.CONTENTS — PART I — THE ANCIENT AGE — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — PART II — THE MIDDLE AGE — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTER XIV — CHAPTER XV — CHAPTER XVI — PART III — THE MODERN AGE — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTER XIV — CHAPTER XV — INDIA THROUGH THE AGES
7. 7.PART I
8. 8.THE ANCIENT AGE
9. 9.THE VEDIC TIMES — B.C. 2000 TO B.C. 1400
10. 10.THE DAYS OF THE EPICS — ABOUT B.C. 1400 TO ABOUT B.C. 1000
11. 11.THE MARVELLOUS MILLENNIUM — B.C. 1000 to A.D. 1
12. 12.THE SESU-NÂGA ( and Other ) KINGS — B.C. 620 TO B.C. 327
13. 13.THE ANABASIS — B.C. 326 TO B.C. 320
14. 14.THE GREAT MAURYAS — B.C. 321 TO B.C. 184
15. 15.THE OUTLYING PROVINCES — B.C. 231 TO A.D. 45
16. 16.THE BACTRIAN CAMEL AND THE INDIAN BULL — A.D. 45 TO A.D. 225
17. 17.THE GREAT GÛPTA EMPIRE — A.D. 308 TO A.D. 450
18. 18.THE WHITE HUNS AND GOOD KING HARSHA — A.D. 450 TO A.D. 648
19. 19.CHAOS — A.D. 700 TO A.D. 1001
20. 20.PART II — THE MIDDLE AGE
21. 21.CAMPAIGNS OF THE CRESCENT — A.D. 1001 TO A.D. 1200 — Part I
22. 22.CAMPAIGNS OF THE CRESCENT — A.D. 1001 TO A.D. 1200 — Part II
23. 23.THE RAJPUT RESISTANCE — A.D. 1176 TO A.D. 1206
24. 24.THE SLAVE KINGS — A.D. 1206 TO A.D. 1288
25. 25.THE TARTAR DYNASTIES — A.D. 1288 TO A.D. 1398
26. 26.THE INVASION OF TIMUR — A.D. 1388 TO A.D. 1389
27. 27.DEVASTATED INDIA — A.D. 1389 TO A.D. 1514
28. 28.THE GREAT MOGHULS — BABAR THE ADVENTURER — A.D. 1483 TO A.D. 1514
29. 29.THE GREAT MOGHULS — BABAR, EMPEROR OF INDIA — A.D. 1519 TO A.D. 1530
30. 30.THE GREAT MOGHULS — HUMÂYON — A.D. 1530 TO A.D. 1556
31. 31.THE HOUSE OF SÛR — A.D. 1542 TO A.D. 1554
32. 32.THE WANDERINGS OF A KING — A.D. 1542 TO A.D. 1556
33. 33.AKBAR THE GREAT — A.D. 1556 TO A.D. 1605
34. 34.JAHÂNGIR AND NURJAHÂN — A.D. 1605 TO A.D. 1627
35. 35.SHÂHJAHÂN — A.D. 1627 TO A.D. 1657
36. 36.AURUNGZEBE — A.D. 1657 TO A.D. 1707
37. 37.PART III — THE MODERN AGE
38. 38.INDIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY — A.D. 1707
39. 39.THE RISE OF THE MAHRATTA POWER — A.D. 1707 TO A.D. 1738
40. 40.THE INVASION OF NÂDIR — A.D. 1738 TO A.D. 1742
41. 41.THE GAME OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH — A.D. 1742 TO A.D. 1748
42. 42.PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS — A.D. 1748 TO A.D. 1751
43. 43.ROBERT CLIVE — A.D. 1751 TO A.D. 1757
44. 44.ROBERT CLIVE — A.D. 1757 TO A.D. 1767
45. 45.HYDER-ALI ET ALIA — A.D. 1767 TO A.D. 1773
46. 46.WARREN HASTINGS — A.D. 1773 TO A.D. 1784
47. 47.ADMINISTRATIONS AND IMPEACHMENTS — A.D. 1761 TO A.D. 1785
48. 48.THE BOARD OF CONTROL — A.D. 1786 TO A.D. 1811
49. 49.THE EXTINCTION OF MONOPOLY — A.D. 1812 TO A.D. 1833
50. 50.FREEDOM AND FRONTIERS — A.D. 1834 TO A.D. 1850
51. 51.MANNERS, MORALS, AND MISSIONARIES — A.D. 1850 TO A.D. 1857
52. 52.THE GREAT MUTINY — A.D. 1857 TO A.D. 1859
53. 53.INDEX — FOOTNOTES

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