India (Exploring World History) - Hardcover

Traces the history of India from earliest times to the present day, and discusses Indian culture, travelers in India, and related topics.

Change has been constant in India over the millennia, but some things have remained the same throughout that time. Early India was a collection of smaller kingdoms across its vast landscape. The effects of Hinduism began then and were deep and lasting, continuing to the present day. The impact of Islam had a large effect on India, overshadowed only by the long colonization by Great Britain. All these events, touching the lives of the great and the small alike, created a rich, varied, and active culture that is today one of the worlds largest. Take a journey through the amazing history of one of the most ancient and important places in the world.