''The New Cambridge History of India'' is a major multi-volume work of historical scholarship published by
Cambridge University Press
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. It replaced ''
The Cambridge History of India'' published between 1922 and 1937.
The new history is being published as a series of individual works by single authors and, unlike the original, does not form a connected narrative.
Also unlike the original, it only covers the period since the fourteenth
century. The whole has been planned over four parts:
*Pt. I The
Mughals and their Contemporaries.
*Pt. II Indian States and the Transition to
Colonialism
Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their reli ...
.
*Pt. III The Indian Empire and the beginnings of
Modern Society.
*Pt. IV The
Evolution
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of Contemporary South Asia.
Titles
The Mughals and their Contemporaries
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Indian States and the Transition to Colonialism
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The Indian Empire and the Beginnings of Modern Society
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The Evolution of Contemporary South Asia
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See also
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Murty Classical Library of India
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The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians
References
History books about India
Historiography of the British Empire
Cambridge University Press books
Series of history books
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