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dynila's review
2.0
Would have liked more fact and less opinion, especially in the latter part of the book.
kenzaglen's review against another edition
2.0
The content covered is useful and gives a good basis for understanding key events in India’s history. However, the manner in which these subjects are approached is biased, shallow and unanalytical. I would not recommend this book, but I enjoyed learning more about this fascinating country’s history.
awall14's review against another edition
3.0
I've been wanting to read a history book on India for some time now and when I saw this one at the British Library I thought it would be a good place to start.
This book is good -- it covers an enormous amount of time in a small amount of pages, and for the most part it does it well. I left with a general and overarching understanding of India's complex history, which was ultimately my goal. However, I would have liked was more detail -- or maybe more explanation. My knowledge of India is full of gaps, so when the author mentioned names without giving any background information I was often left confused and looking up info in other sources. The author seemed to be working under the assumption that I knew all the key players, when I assuredly did not. However, I also get that this is a short history and so perhaps this info was left out due to page number constraints.
This book is good -- it covers an enormous amount of time in a small amount of pages, and for the most part it does it well. I left with a general and overarching understanding of India's complex history, which was ultimately my goal. However, I would have liked was more detail -- or maybe more explanation. My knowledge of India is full of gaps, so when the author mentioned names without giving any background information I was often left confused and looking up info in other sources. The author seemed to be working under the assumption that I knew all the key players, when I assuredly did not. However, I also get that this is a short history and so perhaps this info was left out due to page number constraints.
catherine_80's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a basic introduction to history of India - exactly what the title says. Great bonus is a further reading list and nice overview of reasons and challenges in research of the earliest history.
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