1st Edition

The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

By Graham Chapman Copyright 2000
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  This volume explores one of the world's greatest cultural heartlands - the Indian sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land and how they still impact upon it; how the culture of early setters evolved to form Hinduism; how its wealth and power attracted the attention of Islamic invaders who founded the Sultanate of Delhi and... Read more
I: Introduction; 1: Brahma and Manu; 2: Hinduism; 3: Islam; II: The British Raj; 4: The Usurpers; 5: A New Geography; 6: The New Nationalisms and the Politics of Reaction; III: The Successor States; 7: Divide and Quit; 8: New Lines on the Map; 9: From Two to Three; 10: Raj and Swaraj; 11: The Power Upstream; 12: 12 The Greater Game; IV: Conclusions; 13: States and Region in South Asia

Biography

Graham Chapman