About the Author
Subhadra Sen Gupta has written over thirty books for children including mysteries, adventures, ghost stories, comic books and books on history. To her surprise, the Bal Sahitya Akademi thinks she is doing a good job and has given her the Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2014. Right now she is waiting for a time machine so that she can travel to the past and join Emperor Akbar for lunch. She can travel , flirt with cast and chat with auto-rickshaw drivers.
Contents
SECTION ONE
ANCIENT INDIA
1
A Land Called Jambudvipa
3
2
A City Named Harappa (2600 BCE-1500 BCE)
12
The Poets of the Vedas (1500 BCE-500 BCE)
24
4
The Rise of Magadha (500 BCE-321 BCE)
35
5
The Magnificent Mauryas (321 BCE-185 BCE)
49
6
Kingdoms, Culture and Trade (200 BCE-300 CE)
66
7
The Golden Guptas (300 CE-500 CE)
77
8
Southern Sunrise (500 CE-1200 CE)
92
9
A King and a Pilgrim (600 CE-700 CE)
110
What Happened and When
120
SECTION TWO
MEDIEVAL INDIA
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The Arrival of the Muslims (1200 CE-1300 CE)
125
The Delhi Sultanates (1300 CE-1S26 CE)
137
New Kingdoms Rise (1336 CE-1565 CE)
150
Life under the Sultans
162
Enter the Mughals (1526 CE-1556 CE)
171
Akbar Builds an Empire (1556 CE-160S CE)
183
The Magnificent Mughals (1605 CE-1658 CE)
195
An Emperor and His Enemies (1658 CE-1707 CE)
205
Living in Mughal Times
222
237
SECTION THREE
BRITISH PERIOD
The East India Company (1700 CE-1820 CE)
241
The Company Bahadur (1770 CE-1857 CE)
258
A Time of Change (1800 CE-1900 CE)
274
The Great Uprising (1857 CE-1858 CE)
289
A Sleeping Giant Awakens (1885 CE-1909 CE)
308
Talking of Satyagraha (1915 CE-1930 CE)
326
A Long March to Dandi (1930 CE-1942 CE)
344
The Final March to Freedom (1942 CE-1947 CE)
360
Living in British Times
376
383
SECTION FOUR
INDEPENDENT INDIA
Building a Nation
387
The Constitution of India
400
Making a Difference
410
Growing up in a Free India
418
425
A Note from the Author
441
Acknowledgements
443
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