India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

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India After Gandhi provides good coverage about India after Independence. Could you suggest books that offer very good coverage about India before the Independence era. For example, when India was under the Mughal rule, when India was thriving under the Indus Valley civilization, the rise of freedom struggle against the British etc.?
Dhruv Goel You should check out the work of Tirthankar Roy, who has written a lot on Economic History of India. For more comprehensive reading there is nothing b…moreYou should check out the work of Tirthankar Roy, who has written a lot on Economic History of India. For more comprehensive reading there is nothing better than Cambridge Economic History of India. For light reading, Sanjeev Sanyal's Land of Seven Rivers would be appropriate.(less)
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Can anyone suggest the best biographies of prominent Indians associated with freedom movement?
E.T. Nehru - M.J. Akbar
Patel - Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajaji - Rajmohan Gandhi
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - Rajmohan Gandhi
Jinnah - Stanley Wolpert
Tilak and Gokhle - St…moreNehru - M.J. Akbar
Patel - Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajaji - Rajmohan Gandhi
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - Rajmohan Gandhi
Jinnah - Stanley Wolpert
Tilak and Gokhle - Stanley Wolpert
Savarkar - Dhananjay Keer
Ambedkar - Dhananjay Keer
Have read the above. I dont remember the name of the book on Subhash Bose that I read.(less)
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