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The Cambridge Shorter History of India

by J. Allan, H. H. Dodwell, T. Wolseley Haig. 970 pgs.

Contributors:

   J. Allan, H. H. Dodwell, T. Wolseley Haig

Publisher:

   Cambridge University Press

Place of Publication:

  Cambridge, England  

Publication Year:

  1934

Subjects:

India--History

	Preface page	v
	Bibliographical Note	vii
	PART I: ANCIENT INDIA
	Chapter I. SOURCES AND EARLY HISTORY
	Sources	1
	The Indus valley culture	2
	The Vedic period	6
	The Brahmanic period	9
	The Mahājanapadas	14
	Magadha	16
	Chapter II. ALEXANDER
	North-western India	21
	Alexander's march eastwards	22
	Defeat of Porus	24
	March down the Indus	26
	Return westwards	28
	Chapter III. THE EARLY MAURYAS
	Chandragupta Maurya	31
	Megasthenes	34
	Kautilya	38
	Chapter IV. ASOKA, THE SUNGAS AND THE ĀNDHRAS
	Asoka	42
	Fall of the Mauryas	53
	The Sungas --
	Khāravela	57
	The Āndhras --
	Chapitr V. FOREIGN INVADERS OF NORTH-WEST INDIA
	Seleucid rule in Bactria	62
	The Sakas and Pahlavas	66
	The Kushāns	72
	The Satraps	80
	Chapter VI. THE GUPTA PERIOD
	Gupta origins page	87
	Samudragupta	89
	Chandragupta II	92
	Skandagupta	95
	Fall of the dynasty	96
	The Hūnas	97
	Fa Hien	98
	Gupta literature	99
	The Vākātakas	100
	The later Guptas	101
	The Maukharis	102
	Chapter VII. HARSHAVARDHANA
	The Vardhanas	104
	Harsha	106
	Chapter VIII. NORTHERN INDIA IN MEDIEVAL TIMES
	Kashmīr	111
	Nepāl	116
	Assam	118
	The Brāhman Shāhis	120
	Sind	122
	The Paramāras	123
	Anhilwār	125
	The Gurjaras	129
	The Chālumānas	135
	The Gaharwārs	137
	The Chandels	138
	The Kālachuris	141
	The Pālas --
	The Senas	147
	Chapter IX. THE DECCAN
	The Chālukyas	151
	The Rāshtrakūtas	156
	The Yādavas of Devagiri	163
	The Hoysalas	164
	The Kadambas	166
	Vijayanagar	171
	Chapter X. SOUTH INDIA
	Early history	179
	The Pāndyas	181
	The Cholas	187
	The Cheras	193
	The Pallavas	195
	PART II: MUSLIM INDIA
	Chapter L EARLY MUSLIM CONQUESTS AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF DELHI
	Sind page	205
	Mahmūd of Ghaznī	206
	Muhammad Ghūrī	209
	Albak	210
	The Slave kings	211
	Īltutmish	212
	Balban	214
	Fall of the Slave kings	217
	Chapter II. THE FIRST MUSLIM EMPIRE: THE KHALJĪS AND THE TUGHLUKS
	Fīrūz Khaljī	220
	'Alā-ud-dīn	222
	Fall of the Khaljīs	228
	Muhammad ibn Tughluk	232
	Chapter III. FALL OF THE TUGHLUKS
	Fīrūz Tughluk	244
	Decay of the empire	250
	Tīmūr's invasion	251
	Chapter IV. THE SAYYIDAND THE LODĪ DYNASTIES, AND THE KINGDOM OF JAUNPUR
	Khizr Khān	255
	Mubārak	256
	Buhlūl Khān Lodī	258
	The Sharkī dynasty of Jaunpur	262
	Sikandar Lodī	264
	The later Lodīs	267
	Chapter V. THE KINGDOM OF BENGAL
	Early Muslim rulers	270
	Sayyld Husain	273
	Shīr Khān in Bengal	274
	Chapter VI. THE KINGDOMS OF THE DECCAN AND OF VIJAYANAGAR
	The Bahmanids	277
	Wars with Vijayanagar	280
	The break-up of the Bahmanī kingdom	289
	The Five Kingdoms of the Deccan	296
	Chapter VII. GUJARĀT, MĀLWĀ AND KHĀNDESH
	Gujarāt Page	299
	Gujarāt and Mālwā attack the Rājputs	302
	Mahmūd Begarha	304
	Māndū	306
	Girnār	307
	Chāmpāner	309
	The Portuguese --
	Khāndesh	310
	Mahmūd II	311
	Sangrama Singh	312
	Bahādur	314
	Humāyūn	316
	Akbar	319
	Chapter VIII. BĀBUR, HUMĀYŪN AND THE AFGHANS
	Bābur's invasion	321
	Defeat of Sangrama Singh	326
	Campaign against Bengal	328
	Humāyūn in Mālwā	329
	War with Shīr Khān	331
	Shīr Shāh	333
	Return and death of Humāyūn	336
	Chapter IX. AKBAR
	Bairam Khān	338
	The Ataga Khail	343
	Its fall	344
	Uzbeg rebellion	346
	Siege of Chitor	348
	Capture of Randiambhor	350
	Conquest of Gujarāt	352
	Conquest of Bengal	355
	Administrative reorganisation	358
	Campaign in Mewār	360
	Religious policy	362
	Consequent disaffection	365
	Relations with the Portuguese	367
	The Dīn-i Ilāhī	368
	Campaign against the frontier tribes	370
	Conquest of Kashmīr	371
	Campaigns in the Deccan	372
	Rebellion of Prince Salim	375
	Akbar's death and character	377
	Chapter X. JAHĀNGĪR
	His character page	380
	Khusraw's rebellion	383
	Nūr Jahān	384
	Affairs in Bengal and Mewār	388
	Campaigns in the Deccan	389
	Loss of Kandahār and consequent troubles	394
	Mahābat Khāns rebellion	396
	Chapter XI. SHĀHJAHĀN
	His accession	399
	Campaigns in the Deccan	400
	Recovery of Kandahār	404
	Shāhjahān's sons	405
	Campaign in Balkh	406
	Shāhjahānābād	407
	Loss of and attempts to recover Kandahār	408
	Aurangzīb in the Deccan	409
	The war of succession ,	412
	Chapter XII. AURANGZĪB, 1658-80
	Defeat of the rival princes	416
	Aurangzīb's character and general policy	420
	Mīr Jumla in Assam	422
	Shāyista Khān in Bengal and Arakan	424
	Rebellion of the frontier tribes	425
	Aurangzīb's religious policy	428
	Jāt, Satnāmi and Sikh revolts	429
	The Rājput war	430
	Chapter XIII. AURANGZĪB IN THE DECCAN, 1680-1707
	Rise of Sīvajī	435
	Sīvajī at court	437
	Marātha administration	438
	The Carnatic campaign	439
	Aurangzīb's war against Sambhujī	441
	Overthrow of Bījāpur and Golconda	442
	Capture and death of Sambhujī	444
	Aurangzīb's failur against the Marāthas	445
	Condition of Northern India	448
	Chapter XIV. THE SUCCESSORS OF AURANGZĪB, 1707-1719
	Bahādur Shāh I	451
	Jahāndār	454
	Farrukhsiyar and the Sayyids	455
	Chapter XV. MUHAMMAD SHĀH
	Overthrow of the Sayyids page	458
	Nizām-ul-mulk	459
	Extension of Marātha power	461
	Nādir Shāh's invasion	463
	Disruption of the Empire	466
	Chapter XVI. AHMAD SHKH AND THE LAST DAYS OF THE MUGHALS
	Ahmad Shāh	469
	The Abdāli invasions	471
	'Ālaingīr II	473
	The Marāthas in Northern India	474
	The Pānīpat campaign	475
	PART III: BRITISH INDIA
	Chapter I. THE COMING OF EUROPEAN INFLUENCE
	Ocean communications	481
	Prince Henry	482
	Vasco da Gama	484
	Portuguese and Muslims	487
	Albuquerque	488
	The Turkish efforts	491
	Diū	492
	Portuguese organisation	494
	Religious policy of the Portugucse	497
	Portuguese decay	499
	Early Dutch expeditions	500
	The United Dutch East India Company	501
	Coen's ideas and policy	503
	The Dutch conquests	504
	Dutch administration	505
	Chapter II. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1600-1740
	Foundation and early history	510
	Roe's embassy	513
	Anglo-Dutch relations	514
	The early factories	517
	Development under the later Stuarts	519
	The Mughal War	521
	The interlopers	523
	The new company	524
	Factory administration	525
	Chapter III. DUPLEIX AND CLIVE
	The French establishments page	532
	The Marātha Raid	534
	The War of the Austrian Succession	535
	Chanda Sāhib	538
	Dupleix's ideas and recall	542
	Bussy in the Deccan	544
	Sirāj-ud-daula	548
	The revolution of 1757	550
	The Dutch attempt	553
	The Seven Years' War	554
	The revolution of 1760	557
	The Internal Trade Question	559
	The overthrow of Mīr Kāsim	561
	Clive's second government	562
	Chapter IV. WARREN HASTINGS AND THE REGULATING ACT
	The Regulating Act	565
	Hastings's government 1772-4	566
	The Majority and Nandakumār	568
	The Marātha wars	575
	Hyder 'Alī	584
	Suffren and the French	589
	Treaty of Mangalore	591
	Chait Singh and the Begums of Oudh	592
	Hastings's resignation and impeachment	594
	Chapter V. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AS THE SUPREME POWER IN INDIA, 1784-1818
	Pitt's India Act	597
	State of India in 1784	598
	Cornwallis's external policy	599
	Wellesley and Tipu Sultān	603
	Wellesley and the Marāthas	604
	Wellesley and the Indian states	609
	Minto	613
	Moira's policy	617
	Chapter VI. THE GROWTH OF THE COMPANY'S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
	The Home Government	625
	The Government of Bengal	627
	The subordinate presidencies	629
	The Bengal land revenue and district administration	630
	Madras revenue and district management	640
	Chapter VII. THE NORTH-WESTERN APPROACHES TO INDIA
	The Red Sea and Persian Gulf page	646
	Persia	649
	Afghanistan and Lord Auckland	651
	The First Afghan War	654
	Ellenborough's policy	659
	Chapter VIII. THE COMPANY'S LAST CONQUESTS
	Ranjit Singh	663
	The Sikh anarchy	665
	The conquest of Sind	666
	The First Sikh War	670
	Hardinge's settlement ,	672
	The Second Sikh War	676
	Dalhousie's settlement	677
	Early relations with the Burmese	678
	The First Burmese War	679
	The Second Burmese War	680
	Chapter IX. THE GROWTH OF BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY AND THE COMPANY'S RELATIONS WITH THE INDIAN STATES
	The dīwānī of Bengal	683
	Relations with the Mughal emperor	684
	Subsidiary treaties and Wellesley's policy	685
	Moira's policy	687
	Development of policy	688
	Problems of annexation	691
	Dalhousie's policy	692
	Chapter X. THE COMPANY'S ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND POLICY, 1818-58
	The Home Government	696
	The government of Bengal	698
	Legislation	699
	Competitive recruitment	702
	District administration	703
	Regulation and Non-regulation government	710
	The basis of the Company's rule	713
	Missionary policy	714
	Educational policy	716
	Slavery, infanticide, and sati	720
	Thagi	724
	Social legislation	726
	Chapter XI. THE COMPANY'S ARMIES AND THE INDIAN MUTINY
	General causes of the Mutiny page	728
	The Company's armies	733
	The decay of the Bengal Army	734
	The greased cartridges	737
	The outbreak of the Mutiny --
	The spread of the Mutiny	743
	The siege of Delhi	747
	Cawnpore	749
	Lucknow	751
	The Central India campaign	755
	Attitude of the population --
	Chapter XII. CROWN GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AFTER THE MUTINY
	The transfer to the Crown	758
	The Council of India	759
	Position of the Queen	761
	The Secretary of State and the Council	762
	The Governor-General and Executive Council	763
	Army Headquarters and the Commander-in-chief	766
	The Legislative Councils	769
	The growing control of the Home Government	773
	Chapter XIII. PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE MUTINY
	Provincial rearrangements	778
	Relations with the Central Government --
	Reform of the Law Courts and of Law	782
	The rule of Law	786
	The development of new departments	788
	Agrarian legislation and credit	792
	Famine policy	795
	The Indian Civil Service	798
	The other Services	801
	Chapter XIV. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE ROUTES TO INDIA
	The Overland Route	803
	Afghanistan and Russia	804
	Salisbury's policy	808
	Stolietoff's mission	810
	The Second Afghan War	812
	Ripon's settlement	814
	The Russo-Afghan boundary page	815
	The North-West Frontier	817
	Tibet	820
	The Persian Gulf and Russian entente	821
	The Third Afghan War	823
	Chapter XV. BURMA, 1852-1918
	The Second Burmese War	824
	Thibaw	826
	The Third Burmese War	828
	Chapter XVI. THE CROWN AND THE INDIAN STATES
	The position in 1858	830
	The question of annexation	831
	Internal interference	832
	The rendition of Mysore	834
	Reading the treaties together	836
	The Imperial Service Troops	839
	Abandonment of isolation	840
	Chapter XVII. EDUCATIONAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, 1858-92
	The universities	842
	Elementary education	845
	Muslim education	846
	Female education --
	Curzon's policy	847
	Social reform	851
	The movement for political reform --
	The Indian press and the Ilbert Bill	853
	The National Congress	854
	Local self-government	855
	The reforms of 1892	864
	Chapter XVIII. THE MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS
	The press and political agitation	866
	Tilak	868
	Kāli-worship and the Swādeshi movement	870
	Terrorism	871
	Minto	873
	Gokhale and Banerji	875
	Minto's reform policy	876
	The scheme of reforms	878
	Indian members of council	881
	The Government of India Act, 1909	883
	Chapter XIX. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, 1910-19
	Growth of terrorism page	886
	The Delhi Durbar	888
	The Muslim attitude	890
	Effect of the reforms of 1909	892
	The South African Question	893
	The War of 1914	894
	Revolutionary attempts	896
	Projects of further reform	899
	The idea of dyarchy	901
	Montagu's visit to India	902
	The Montagu-Cheltrisford Report	904
	The heads of proviuces proposals --
	The Government of India Act, 1919	906
	The King's Proclamation	908
	Idex	909

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