Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Review
"A history, less of India than of its invaders, so condensed that it is little more than an annotated chronology of battles, dynasties and monuments, all lavishly illustrated. There is no balance or perspective, no sense of cultural history or historic context and process. Watson's style is so turgid and choppy that what few insights he permits himself pass by invisibly in a morass of superfluous details and subordinate clauses; and he is so Anglocentric that one is left to wonder just what, during all those centuries when the British were busily gallumphing around India, the Indians were doing." Reviewed by Andrew Witmer, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)
Review
A brilliant condensation of an overwhelming mass of material and manages to preserve a masterly overall balance. (History Today)
Review
An excellent basic guide to a vast and fascinating country. (Irish Times)
About the Author
The late Francis Watson was Director of Counter-Propaganda to the Government of India and the author of Gandhi, The Trial of Mr. Gandhi, and The Frontiers of China. A journalist and commentator on Asian affairs, Dilip Hiro's many books include Inside India Today, Dictionary of the Middle East, and Holy Wars: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism.