1st Edition
India–Afghanistan From Common Inheritance to Contested Histories
Foreword by Professor P. Radhakrishnan
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Explaining Ancient Connection
2 The Contested Histories: Journeying Through the Ages
3 Special Symmetry in the Modern Era
4 Testing Time for Perpetual Friendship
5 The Dimensions of Choices in Bilateral Relations
6 Navigating the Chessboard in the 21st Century
7 From Grandeur and Glory to an Oscillating Bond
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Saroj Kumar Rath has written extensively on the history of Afghanistan’s responses to the world. His prize-winning history Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks (2014) has been used as course material at leading universities in Europe, Asia, and America. A specialist in South Asia’s security history, he teaches at the University of Delhi.
“Saroj Kumar Rath’s India-Afghanistan is a recommended read for anyone, scholars, thinkers, diplomats, and students alike, seeking to know the original character of Afghanistan and her umbilical interaction with India. Retrieved from the womb of the historical past and shaped like careful foliation, it tells India’s place in Afghan history. India-Afghanistan is told with authority, depth and wit, and the ease of reading a good novel, and that makes it a great history.”
Mahmoud Masaeli, Persian Scholar and Retired Professor of International Law and Relations, Carleton University & University of Ottawa, Canada
