Bücher von Hermann (University of Kiel) Kulke

This handbook presents a multilayered and multidimensional history of state formation in premodern India. It explores dense and rich local and subregional historiography from the mid-first millennium BC to the eighteenth century in South Asia.

"Covers the major political, economic, social and cultural forces that have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent"--Provided by the publisher.