A Children’s History of India

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SECTION ONE

ANCIENT INDIA

1

A Land Called Jambudvipa

3

2

A City Named Harappa (2600 BCE-1500 BCE)

12

3

The Poets of the Vedas (1500 BCE-500 BCE)

24

4

The Rise of Magadha (500 BCE-321 BCE)

35

5

The Magnificent Mauryas (321 BCE-185 BCE)

49

6

Kingdoms, Culture and Trade (200 BCE-300 CE)

66

7

The Golden Guptas (300 CE-500 CE)

77

8

Southern Sunrise (500 CE-1200 CE)

92

9

A King and a Pilgrim (600 CE-700 CE)

110

What Happened and When

120

SECTION TWO

MEDIEVAL INDIA

l.

The Arrival of the Muslims (1200 CE-1300 CE)

125

2

The Delhi Sultanates (1300 CE-1S26 CE)

137

3

New Kingdoms Rise (1336 CE-1565 CE)

150

4

Life under the Sultans

162

5

Enter the Mughals (1526 CE-1556 CE)

171

6

Akbar Builds an Empire (1556 CE-160S CE)

183

7

The Magnificent Mughals (1605 CE-1658 CE)

195

8

An Emperor and His Enemies (1658 CE-1707 CE)

205

9

Living in Mughal Times

222

What Happened and When

237

SECTION THREE

BRITISH PERIOD

The East India Company (1700 CE-1820 CE)

241

The Company Bahadur (1770 CE-1857 CE)

258

A Time of Change (1800 CE-1900 CE)

274

The Great Uprising (1857 CE-1858 CE)

289

A Sleeping Giant Awakens (1885 CE-1909 CE)

308

Talking of Satyagraha (1915 CE-1930 CE)

326

A Long March to Dandi (1930 CE-1942 CE)

344

The Final March to Freedom (1942 CE-1947 CE)

360

Living in British Times

376

What Happened and When

383

SECTION FOUR

INDEPENDENT INDIA

1

Building a Nation

387

2

The Constitution of India

400

3

Making a Difference

410

4

Growing up in a Free India

418

What Happened and When

425

A Note from the Author

441

Acknowledgements

443