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Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi

Aspirations and Tensions of Islamic Cosmopolitanism

by SherAli Tareen ...

Series series Makers of the Muslim World
Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi (1703–1762) was a highly renowned and influential scholar of Islam who produced foundational works on the Qur’an, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Sufism, philosophy, and politics. He sought to reconcile seemingly competing strands of Muslim intellectual thought and practice, pursuing a cosmopolitan Islam marked not by dogmatism and finality but by debate and hermeneutical ... Read more

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Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi (1703–1762) was a highly renowned and influential scholar of Islam who produced foundational works on the Qur’an, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Sufism, philosophy, and politics. He sought to reconcile seemingly competing strands of Muslim intellectual thought and practice, pursuing a cosmopolitan Islam marked not by dogmatism and finality but by debate and hermeneutical
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Lineages of Brahman Power

Caste, Family, and the State in Western India, 1600–1900

by Rosalind O'Hanlon ...

Series series SUNY series in Hindu Studies
Traces the role that western India's influential Brahman communities played in shaping India's modern caste system.Western India's Brahman communities have played a key role in the shaping of India's modern caste system. In Lineages of Brahman Power, Rosalind O'Hanlon focuses on their rise to power between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, exploring the ways in which some Brahman ... Read more

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Traces the role that western India's influential Brahman communities played in shaping India's modern caste system.Western India's Brahman communities have played a key role in the shaping of India's modern caste system. In Lineages of Brahman Power, Rosalind O'Hanlon focuses on their rise to power between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, exploring the ways in which some Brahman
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Akbar and the Rise of the Mughal Empire

by Colonel G.B. Malleson, Charles River Editors ...

*Includes Table of ContentsColonel G.B. Mallesons Akbar and the Rise of the Mughal Empire is a history of the Mughal Empire and its emperors, including Akbar, Babar, and Humayun. A table of contents is included. ... Read more

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*Includes Table of ContentsColonel G.B. Mallesons Akbar and the Rise of the Mughal Empire is a history of the Mughal Empire and its emperors, including Akbar, Babar, and Humayun. A table of contents is included.
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Blood Dawn

World War II and the Making of Modern Asia

by Hans van de Ven ...

A momentous new history of Asia’s Second World War."Essential reading for understanding Asia's present.” —Richard Overy, author of Blood and RuinsDrawing on deep archival research across continents, historian Hans van de Ven tells the dramatic story of how Asia’s people mobilized to defeat both Japanese aggression and European imperialism, forging modern Asia in the process.By the early twentieth ... Read more

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A momentous new history of Asia’s Second World War."Essential reading for understanding Asia's present.” —Richard Overy, author of Blood and RuinsDrawing on deep archival research across continents, historian Hans van de Ven tells the dramatic story of how Asia’s people mobilized to defeat both Japanese aggression and European imperialism, forging modern Asia in the process.By the early twentieth
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The Anarchy

The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

by William Dalrymple ...

Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR“Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone.” -The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Return of a King<... ... Read more

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Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR“Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone.” -The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Return of a King<...
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Over the Edge of the World

Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

by Laurence Bergreen ...

“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe during the Age of Discovery was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World Updated Edition, prize-winning biographer ... Read more

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“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe during the Age of Discovery was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World Updated Edition, prize-winning biographer
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Himalaya

A Human History

by Ed Douglas ...

A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from ... Read more

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A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from
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The United States of India

Anticolonial Literature and Transnational Refraction

by Manan Desai ...

Series series Asian American History & Cultu
The United States of India shows how Indian and American writers in the United States played a key role in the development of anticolonial thought in the years during and immediately following the First World War. For Indians Lajpat Rai and Dhan Gopal Mukerji, and Americans Agnes Smedley, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Katherine Mayo, the social and historical landscape of America and India acted as a ... Read more

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The United States of India shows how Indian and American writers in the United States played a key role in the development of anticolonial thought in the years during and immediately following the First World War. For Indians Lajpat Rai and Dhan Gopal Mukerji, and Americans Agnes Smedley, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Katherine Mayo, the social and historical landscape of America and India acted as a
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Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh

Remembering 1971

by Yasmin Saikia ...

Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war. ... Read more

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Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war.
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Hydraulic City

Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai

by Nikhil Anand ...

In Hydraulic City Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship emerges through the continuous efforts to control, maintain, and manage the city's water. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Mumbai's settlements, Anand found that Mumbai's water flows, not through a static collection of pipes and valves, but through a dynamic ... Read more

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In Hydraulic City Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship emerges through the continuous efforts to control, maintain, and manage the city's water. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Mumbai's settlements, Anand found that Mumbai's water flows, not through a static collection of pipes and valves, but through a dynamic
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Bose

The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist

by Chandrachur Ghose ...

'A comprehensive and gripping narrative'---Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society ***'A must-read'---***Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India Today There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These ... Read more

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'A comprehensive and gripping narrative'---Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society ***'A must-read'---***Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India Today There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These
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Checkmate

How the BJP Won and Lost Maharashtra

by Sudhir Suryawanshi ...

On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers ... Read more

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On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers
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Let My Country Awake

Indian Revolutionaries in America and the Fight to Overthrow the British Raj

by Scott Miller ...

“[Miller] plunges into his tale with gusto . . . [Let My Country Awake is] never less than fascinating.” —Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal“Propulsive . . . A thrilling excavation of a forgotten revolutionary moment in American and world history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)The true story of an audacious international movement to liberate India from colonial rule during World War ... Read more

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“[Miller] plunges into his tale with gusto . . . [Let My Country Awake is] never less than fascinating.” —Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal“Propulsive . . . A thrilling excavation of a forgotten revolutionary moment in American and world history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)The true story of an audacious international movement to liberate India from colonial rule during World War
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Street Corner Secrets

Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai

by Svati P Shah ...

Series series Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
Street Corner Secrets challenges widespread notions of sex work in India by examining solicitation in three spaces within the city of Mumbai that are seldom placed within the same analytic frame—brothels, streets, and public day-wage labor markets (nakas), where sexual commerce may be solicited discretely alongside other income-generating activities. Focusing on women who migrated to Mumbai from ... Read more

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Street Corner Secrets challenges widespread notions of sex work in India by examining solicitation in three spaces within the city of Mumbai that are seldom placed within the same analytic frame—brothels, streets, and public day-wage labor markets (nakas), where sexual commerce may be solicited discretely alongside other income-generating activities. Focusing on women who migrated to Mumbai from
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At the Limits of Cure

by Bharat Jayram Venkat ...

Series series Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography
Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later, reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resistant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? Through an anthropological ... Read more

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Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later, reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resistant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? Through an anthropological
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From Stone to Flesh

A Short History of the Buddha

by Donald S. Lopez ...

We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today?Leading historian of ... Read more

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We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today?Leading historian of
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force

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by Winston Churchill, Isla Caldwell ...

In "The Story of the Malakand Field Force," Winston Churchill presents a compelling narrative of the 1897 Northwest Frontier campaign, an engagement marked by its complex interplay of military strategy, geopolitics, and imperial ambition. Written in Churchill's characteristic prose—rich, vivid, and deeply reflective—the book seamlessly combines personal memoir with rigorous historical analysis. ... Read more

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In "The Story of the Malakand Field Force," Winston Churchill presents a compelling narrative of the 1897 Northwest Frontier campaign, an engagement marked by its complex interplay of military strategy, geopolitics, and imperial ambition. Written in Churchill's characteristic prose—rich, vivid, and deeply reflective—the book seamlessly combines personal memoir with rigorous historical analysis.
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The Golden Road

How Ancient India Transformed the World

by William Dalrymple ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERWinner of the Mark Lynton History Prize 2026 * A Kirkus Reviews Best History Book of 2025 * A Library Journal Best Book of the Year * An NPR Book We Loved This YearThe instant New York Times bestseller and international sensation-a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's underappreciated role in producing the world as we know ... Read more

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERWinner of the Mark Lynton History Prize 2026 * A Kirkus Reviews Best History Book of 2025 * A Library Journal Best Book of the Year * An NPR Book We Loved This YearThe instant New York Times bestseller and international sensation-a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's underappreciated role in producing the world as we know
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The Shortest History of India

From the World's Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy - A Retelling for Our Times

by John Zubrzycki ...

Series series The Shortest History Series
5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world’s most populous nation and a rising global power. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. ... Read more

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5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world’s most populous nation and a rising global power. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding.
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To a Mountain in Tibet

by Colin Thubron ...

"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted." —Pico Iyer, New York Review of Books"Thubron walks for the dead and writes for the living, and I can't remember when I have been so thoroughly and deeply moved by an author's outward journey inward." —Bob Shacochis, Boston GlobeNew York Times bestselling author Colin Thubron returns with a ... Read more

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"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted." —Pico Iyer, New York Review of Books"Thubron walks for the dead and writes for the living, and I can't remember when I have been so thoroughly and deeply moved by an author's outward journey inward." —Bob Shacochis, Boston GlobeNew York Times bestselling author Colin Thubron returns with a
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The World Beneath Their Feet

Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas

by Scott Ellsworth ...

**Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Best History/BiographyA saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement -- all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war -- that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century.**As tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle ... Read more

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**Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Best History/BiographyA saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement -- all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war -- that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century.**As tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle
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India before Europe

by Catherine B. Asher, Cynthia Talbot ...

India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was ever the case, and at no time more so than in the India that existed from c. 1200 to 1750, before European intervention. In this thoughtfully revised and updated second edition, readers are taken on a richly illustrated ... Read more

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India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was ever the case, and at no time more so than in the India that existed from c. 1200 to 1750, before European intervention. In this thoughtfully revised and updated second edition, readers are taken on a richly illustrated
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Land Of The Seven Rivers

by Sanyal Sanjeev ...

Did ancient India witness the Great Flood? Why did the Buddha give his first sermon at Sarnath? How did the Europeans map India?Combining scholarship with sparkling wit, Sanjeev Sanyal sets out to explore how India's history was shaped by its geography-answering questions you may have never thought to ask. Moving from geological and genetic origins to present-day Gurgaon, Land of the Seven Rivers ... Read more

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Did ancient India witness the Great Flood? Why did the Buddha give his first sermon at Sarnath? How did the Europeans map India?Combining scholarship with sparkling wit, Sanjeev Sanyal sets out to explore how India's history was shaped by its geography-answering questions you may have never thought to ask. Moving from geological and genetic origins to present-day Gurgaon, Land of the Seven Rivers
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History of Medieval India

by Satish Chandra ...

Satish Chandra’s History of Medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent between the eighth and eighteenth century. It focuses on:The histories of the Chola, Bahmani and Vijayanagara kingdoms.The influence exerted by the Surs, Lodis, the Delhi Sultanate, and the Mughals.The importance of the Rajput kings and the Marathas.Religious movements, such as Sufism ... Read more

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Satish Chandra’s History of Medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent between the eighth and eighteenth century. It focuses on:The histories of the Chola, Bahmani and Vijayanagara kingdoms.The influence exerted by the Surs, Lodis, the Delhi Sultanate, and the Mughals.The importance of the Rajput kings and the Marathas.Religious movements, such as Sufism
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