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It was 1799, and French privateers lurked in the Atlantic and the Bay of Bengal. Yet Eleanor Reid, newly married and just twenty-one years old, made up her mind to sail with her husband, Captain Hugh Reid, to the Pacific, the Spice Islands and India. Danger threatened not just from the barely charted...

印度為何能成為稱霸南亞的主宰？ 文字、宗教、建築、藝術，又如何影響南亞諸國？ 專為入門者量身打造， 人生的第一本印度歷史入門 印度，擁有多元民族與文化的國度， 在歷史洪流中兼容中亞、伊斯蘭與西方的優點， 透過其文字、宗教、政治的影響力，奠定南亞霸權的地位。 在長達五千年的歷史洪流中，印度的社會制度與宗教規範於吠陀時代奠定，是現今印度傳統文化的源頭。天文、科學等知識，是跟阿拉伯與中亞間相互交流後，彼此影響而來。藝術、文學與王制在笈多王朝時建立起古典形式，代代沿用並傳承下去。即便經歷穆斯林與大英帝國的統治，仍未完全伊斯蘭化、西方化，反而融合成印度獨有的樣貌。民族主義更是為印度注入新思想，甚至蔓延至周邊國家。 歷經各個時代的演變，融合多元文化的經驗，才塑造出今日璀璨亮眼又與眾不同的印度文明。印度文明可以說是印度史的縮影，而印度文明不僅屬於印度，從古至今，無論是文字、藝術、宗教、建築等，許多方面都影響南亞國家，進而轉化為歷史與文化的一部分。印度是南亞地區歷史的源頭，了解印度，就能掌握整個全南亞。本書史軸縱觀古代至當代，從文明起源到形成民族國家，全面總覽印度五千年的歷史軌跡。 市面上有許多與印度歷史有關的著作，但真正能概括全印度的卻鮮少。本書由知名古印度學者、美國密西根大學歷史系榮譽教授湯瑪士‧特洛曼，為了解決學生因了解冗長又複雜的印度文明史而信心大失，進其去蕪存菁，並以見微知著的寫作手法，搭配三十四張地圖與圖片，寫出精彩的著作。無論是對印度有興趣，或是想到印度旅行、經商、求學，甚至是生活的人，本書能滿足你探究印度歷史的好奇心，這絕對是人人都該擁有的印度史、南亞史入門聖經。 ◎聯合推薦 夢想印度博物館及台北印度文化中心創辦人／吳德朗 駐印度特約記者、作家...

The book attempts to narrate the developments in the India National Congress in the last forty four years between its hegemony of power and its return to power corridors after an exile of almost a decade. It is certainly an essay to take readers through the ups and downs that the Congress Party suffered...

An eyewitness account by an acclaimed New Yorker reporter Wedged between India and Afghanistan, Pakistan is the second-largest nation in the Islamic world, and is situated in what is currently one of the most volatile regions on earth. It has assumed a commanding role in militant Islam, a frightening...

This book offers a new interpretation of the life and legacy of the Indian reformer and intellectual, Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar (1820–91). Drawing upon autobiography, biography, secondary criticism and a range of Vidyasagar’s original writings in Bengali, the book interrogates the role of...

‘Rajputana Chronicles: Guns & Glories’ has a Compelling Visual Style In a world obsessed with the future, this fascinating book delves into our glorious past through the intriguing stories of the brave Bachhawat clan. Rajputana Chronicles: Guns & Glories has such a compelling visual...

This book explores the development of the military as an organization and looks at the patterns of civil–military relations that have emerged in modern Nepal, especially after the rise of King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who founded the unified state of Nepal. It combines astute analyses with up-to-date...

This is a fascinating account of ancient culture colliding with modern media. Tucked between Tibet and India in the Himalayas, the kingdom of Bhutan is one of the most isolated and beautiful countries in the world. In The Dragon’s Voice, Australian journalist Bunty Avieson provides a glimpse of...

Sonia Gandhi's story represents the greatest transformational journey made by any world leader in the last four decades. Circumstance and tragedy, rather than ambition, paved her path to power. Born into a traditional, middle-class Italian family, Sonia met and fell in love with Rajiv Gandhi, son...

How do archaeologists explore the various dimensions of religion? Lars Fogelin uses archaeological work at Thotlakonda in Southern India as his lens in a broader examination of Buddhist monastic life. He discovers the tension between the desired isolation of the monastery and the mutual engagement...

In this ground-breaking interdisciplinary study of terrorism, insurgency and the literature of colonial India, Alex Tickell re-envisages the political aesthetics of empire. Organized around key crisis moments in the history of British colonial rule such as the ‘Black Hole’ of Calcutta, the anti-thug...

Few topics in South Asian history are as contentious as that of the Turkic conquest of the Indian subcontinent that began in the twelfth century and led to a long period of Muslim rule. How is a historian supposed to write honestly about the bloody history of the conquest without falling into communitarian...

Nandita Haksar’s magnum opus traces the tortured history of Kashmiri nationalism through the lives of two men: Sampat Prakash, a Kashmiri Pandit and Communist trade union leader who became active in politics during the Cold War years, and Mohammad Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri Muslim who became active...

For over 2,000 years, the area of India that is today western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh has served as the destination for devout Buddhist pilgrims from all over Asia. In 2010, James Kempf and his wife Renate undertook a pilgrimage to the Buddhist sacred sites together with 28 other Western pilgrims....