Roy investigates the various factors that influenced the formation and mobilization of military forces in the region from 300 BC to the modern day.

A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.

This traces the history of the Mughal empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. It stresses the quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their innovation in land ...

The book represents the first comprehensive history of the Delhi Sultanate from 1210-1400.

Prior to European expansion, communities of the Indian subcontinent had a strong maritime orientation. In this new archaeological study, Himanshu Prabha Ray explores seafaring ...

The nineteenth century saw the beginning of a violent and controversial movement of protest amongst western India's low and untouchable castes, aimed at the effects of their ...

The first major study of the relationship between labour and capital in India's economic development in the early twentieth-century. The author considers the spread of ...

A comprehensive and up-to-date study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India during the past 45 years.

In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure ...