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  • The Shortest History of India

  • From the World's Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy—A Retelling for Our Times
  • By: John Zubrzycki
  • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
  • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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By: John Zubrzycki
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Summary

5,000 years of history—from the Bhagavad Gita to Bollywood—fill this masterful portrait of the world's most populous nation and a rising global power.

India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has India evolved into the liberal democracy it is today?

From the Harappan era to Muslim invasions, the Great Mughals, British rule, independence, and present-day hopes, John Zubrzycki distills India's colossal history into a gripping true story filled with legendary lives: Alexander the Great, Akbar, Robert Clive, Tipu Sultan, Lakshmi Bai, Lord Curzon, Jinnah, and Gandhi. India's gifts to the world include Buddhism, yoga, the concept of zero, the largest global diaspora—and its influence is only growing. Already the world's largest democracy, in 2023, India became the most populous nation.

Can India overcome its political, social, and religious tensions to be the next global superpower? As the world watches—and wonders—this Shortest History is an essential, clarifying must-listen.
©2022 John Zubrzycki (P)2023 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History
India Politics & Government South Asia Ancient History Imperialism Hinduism Ancient Greece
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Subjective perspectives.

The author chose to include his own opinion on the role of the British in India. It would have been preferable if he had stuck to the statement of objective fact in the manner of John Keays on whom he relies extensively.

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