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This sumptuously illustrated book using its magical mix of history and travelogue provides an unforgettable portrait of India.
In this lavishly illustrated companion to his BBC TV series, Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of India. Home today to more than a fifth of the world’s population, the subcontinent gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on the planet, to four world religions, and the world’s greatest democracy. Now, as India bids to become a global giant, Michael sets out to trace the roots of India’s within the incredible riches of her past.
From the Khyber Pass and the Himalayas to the tropical jungles of India’s Deep South, this original and striking survey of Indian history provides vivid portraits of India’s regions and cultures, and new insights into some of history’s greatest figures: the Buddha and Ashoka, Samudragupta and Akbar the fantastic, Nehru and Gandhi. It explores the ways that Indian ideas and inventions have shaped the history of the world, and shows how some of ancient India’s conclusions about the type of civilization have lost none of these relevance for our own times.
Dazzling colour photographs capture a fantastic spectrum of landscapes, architectural splendours, customs, rituals and festivals. This sumptuously illustrated book in one of Britain’s best-loved historians and broadcasters is a magical combination of history and travelogue, and an unforgettable portrait of India, past, present — and future.
From the Hardcover edition.
