Reframing India in World History

Lavanya Vemsani is Board of Trusties Distinguished Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences at Shawnee State University.

Introduction: Reframing India in World History Part I The Beginnings of Indian Civilization Chapter 1. First Human Settlements: The Great Journey Begins Chapter 2. Prehistoric Golden Era: Neolithic and Other Late Prehistoric Cultures of India Chapter 3. Earthly Cultures and the Other Worldly Outlook Chapter 4. Age of Philosophers, Religions, and Empires Part II. The Rise and Spread of Indian Civilization Chapter 5. Civilizational Era: The Evolution of Indian Civilization Chapter 6. Vision Beyond the Land: The Mauryas of India Chapter 7. India at the Turn of the First Millennium Chapter 8. Classical India and Southernization of the World Chapter 9. Later First Millennium India: Overseas Expansion Part III. Crisis in Indian Civilization Chapter 10. India Open for Business: Pillaging and Pilfering on the Edges Chapter 11. Early Colonial and Colonial Regimes of India Chapter 12. European Colonization of India Chapter 13. Making of India: Midnight to Moon Strike Conclusion: Reframing Indian History: Way Forward

"With this extensively researched volume, Lavanya Vemsani presents a powerful case for a decolonial revision of how the history of India should be viewed. Her work will undoubtedly spark debate, as well as a rethinking of many of the assumptions on which traditional Indological scholarship is based." -- Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College