An Advanced History of India
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An Advanced History of India is a book on
This renowned book consists of two parts. And similarly, according to the periods, the same are divided into more parts. For example, part I, ancient India, the second part of the same volume consists of the Medieval and Mughal periods.
Two parts of the second Volume are based on modern India. The Book 1 is on the Rise and Growth of the British Power while Book 2 establishes details on political relations, administrative reforms of British India until independence of India into Pakistan and India. A separate section has been later added on separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
J. Coatman wrote in a review in the journal International Affairs that this book is "easily the most valuable history of India for the serious student." According to his review, the first part on Ancient India "epitomizes all that the most recent as well as older scholarship has to tell us about this fascinating period...", and the "
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- ^ J. Coatman, Review in International Affairs, Vol. 23, No. 3. (Jul., 1947), p. 443
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