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Warfare has determined the fate of India from the dawn of civilization. Battles like Tarain and Panipat have altered the course of history. The army has always been one of the biggest government employers and the military constituted the principal item of expenditure for the state. Nevertheless, military history remains marginal within the academic discourse. In this volume the aim is to show the interaction between war as an institution and society. Along with society, ecology remains a crucial integer in shaping the scope and mode of warfare. A long duree approach along with cross-cultural comparisons is undertaken for understanding the specificity of Indian military history. This book is a work of synthesis and argues that several Military Revolutions had occurred outside India since the time of Alexander. None the less such developments by themselves were unable to guarantee military success to the foreigners due to specific conditions within the Indian theatre of warfare. Only those powers which were able to synthesize the elements of Military. Revolutions with the traditional Indian System of Warfare, were able to dominate the subcontinent. This book also contains guidelines for contemporary military management. Hence it is hped that this volume will not only be useful from a strictly academic perspective but would also be of interest to the policy makers.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction: The Ride of the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse in India; The Chaturanga Armies of India, 500 BC-AD 600; Cavalry & Chivarly: The Men on Horseback, 700-1520; The Chaghthai Compromise: Armies & Warfare in Mughal India, 1526-1739; The Lion Rampant: Military Supremacy of the East India Company, c. 1740-1849; The Pandies against the Company Bahadur: The Military Dimensions of the 1857 Mutiny; Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain: Kargil, the Indian Miltary, & the New Millennium; Why Generals did not Rule India: Warfare, the Armed Forces, & Politics in South Asia, 300 BC-AD 2001; Conclusion: The Future of the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author :
Kaushik Roy is Reader, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) Norway. He has written and edited 14 books and published a large number of articles in peer reviewed journals and edited volumes. His latest publication is War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia: 1740-1849 (Routledge, 2011).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788173045431
  • Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
  • Publisher Imprint: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
  • Height: 140 mm
  • No of Pages: 284
  • Sub Title: A History of Warfare in India from 326 BC to AD 1999
  • ISBN-10: 8173045437
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 220 mm


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