Delhi Through the Ages
Author : R. E. Frykenberg
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Page : 341 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Delhi (India)
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Author : R. E. Frykenberg
Publisher :
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Delhi (India)
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Author : Dinesh Kapoor
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 22,57 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Delhi (India)
ISBN : 9789382299271
Author : Robert Eric Frykenberg
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : SIR JADUNATH SARKAR, M.A., C.I.E., D.LITT.
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Page : 94 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 1950
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Author : K.A. Nizami
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 31,69 MB
Release : 2020-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0190991909
The fascinating and chequered history of Delhi through the centuries has been a popular subject among authors. Yet, only a few other than K.A. Nizami record in rich detail the cultural, social, economic, and spiritual fabric of the city—the ‘gorgeous blaze of glory’ that was Delhi—between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. He presents his accounts of the periods of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, and the poet Ghalib through the analyses of wide-ranging sources: original literary, travel, biographical, hagiographical, and administrative accounts in Persian, Hindavi, and Urdu. This book is a compilation of the historian’s lectures delivered at the University of Delhi and the Ghalib Institute in Delhi, first published in Urdu in 1972. The author’s conversational style, replete with literary allusions, makes this an essential read for lovers and admirers of this beguiling city and its historic Sufi culture. Ather Farouqui’s English translation captures the true essence of Nizami’s work and now makes it easily available to a wider readership.
Author : Flora Annie Steel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752427655
Reproduction of the original: India Through the Ages by Flora Annie Steel
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Delhi (India).
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Author : Upinder Singh
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9788187358299
Not many people know that the busy and bustling capital city of Delhi and its surroundings have a long past, going back thousands of years. Prehistoric stone tools have surfaced here and many ancient remains have been found, sometimes accidentally by farmers tilling their fields, and at other times by archaeologists carrying out systematic excavations. A mound one passes everyday or a narrow strip of stream tells a story of ancient times. Centuries of history coexist with metro stations and plush cars. The readings in this book give us glimpses of the lives of people who lived in the Delhi area over the centuries, and how these details have been pieced together by historians. It brings into focus the importance of the historian’s method and the sources of information found in ancient texts, archaeology and even legends and folklore, sometimes hanging on the thread of a slender historical fact. The editor of the volume, points to the urgency of further exploration and documentation to fill in the still all-too-meagre details of Delhi’s ancient history. However, she ends on a note of caution, bordering on alarm, when she points out that invaluable evidence of the city’s past is being extensively destroyed due to quarrying and the construction of new roads and buildings. Such activities are an integral part of the modernization of a living city but the balance between modernization and the preservation of ancient remains is indeed very fragile and needs to be maintained from an informed and realistic perspective. This collection of essays has been put together by a teacher for students of history, but will also be of enormous value to a large number of other interested readers. Upinder Singhis Professor of history at the University of Delhi.
Author : Abraham Eraly
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 935118658X
Wonderfully well researched . . . engrossing, enlightening' The Hindu The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) is commonly portrayed as an age of chaos and violence-of plundering kings, turbulent dynasties, and the aggressive imposition of Islam on India. But it was also the era that saw the creation of a pan-Indian empire, on the foundations of which the Mughals and the British later built their own Indian empires. The encounter between Islam and Hinduism also transformed, among other things, India's architecture, literature, music and food. Abraham Eraly brings this fascinating period vividly alive, combining erudition with powerful storytelling, and analysis with anecdote.
Author : H. C. 1852-1923 Fanshawe
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 2015-08-31
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ISBN : 9781340665395
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