Warfare, state, and society in South Asia, 500 BCE-2005 CE / edited by Kaushik Roy. - xix, 719 pages ; 24 cm

Contributed articles chiefly with reference to India; previously published.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-685) and index.

section 1. Ancient Indian warfare from 300 BCE-600 CE : ritual combat or lethal battle -- section 2. The demigods on horses? Warfare in medieval India, 900 CE-1700 CE -- section 3. A military revolution in early modern India, 1740-1849? -- section 4. Military confrontation and collaboration in British India, 1857-1947 -- section 5. Colonial continuity and post-colonial innovations, 1947-2005.

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Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

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Military art and science--India.
War and society--India.


India--History, Military.

DS442.2 / .W38 2010

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