India Before Europe

Catherine B Asher; Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies Cynthia Talbot
Cambridge University Press
9780521809047
0-521-80904-5

India is a land of enormous diversity. Cross-cultural influences are everywhere in evidence, in the food people eat, the clothes they wear, and in the places they worship. This was ever the case, and at.

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no time more so than in the India that existed from 1200 to 1750, before the European intervention. This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey across the political, religious and cultural landscapes of medieval India. It is fluently composed, with a cast of characters that will educate students and general readers alike.