{"product_id":"the-indian-millennium-ad-1000-2000","title":"The Indian Millennium:   AD 1000 - 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gopa Sabharwal\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 716\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140295216\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essential reference guide to the country's political, social and cultural history over the last 1000 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis compilation is perhaps the most comprehensive and accessible single-volume guide available to the events and personalities that shaped India over the last one thousand years.  Starting with Muhammad of Ghana's first expedition into India through the Hindu Bush, this volume covers the eventful millennium during which the subcontinent saw the rise and fall of two of the greatest empires of the world (the Mughal and the British); the birth and flourishing of at least one major religion (Sikhism); the setting up the world's largest railway network; and the launching of sophisticated satellites into space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArranged in strict chronological sequence(by year) for easy reference, the work presents information on a wide range of topics, from politics, religion and the law to the arts, infrastructure and sports.  There is also a detailed index to help the reader make the best us of the book.  Among the events covered in this volume are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Conquest of Sri Lanka by Cholas\u003cbr\u003eThe composition of Gita Govinda, one of the greatest poems in Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003eThe first battle of Panipat and consequent founding of the Mughal dynasty by Babur\u003cbr\u003eThe Printing, by a Jesuit priest, of the first book in India\u003cbr\u003eThe 1857 uprising\u003cbr\u003eThe first ascent by an Indian in a hot-air balloon\u003cbr\u003eThe setting up the Bombay Stock Exchange\u003cbr\u003eThe Dandi Salt March\u003cbr\u003eAll the general elections conducted in independent India\u003cbr\u003eThe hijacking of Flight IC 814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with information, this work will be indispensable for students, teachers, journalists and researchers and will also appeal to the general reader interested in history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gopa Sabharwal \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153497518448,"sku":"3787","price":40.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/5332.jpg?v=1793910412","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-indian-millennium-ad-1000-2000","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}