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- Editora: Thames & Hudson
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- Ano: 2016
- ISBN: 9780500251997
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India´s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day.
India has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants - which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices and textiles, paid for in gold - hence the enormous numbers of Roman gold coins excavated in India. At the height of the Mughal empire in 1700, India boasted 24 percent of the world economy - a share virtually equal to Europe´s 25 percent. But then its economy declined. Colonial India was known for its extremes of wealth and poverty…
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