References on Indian History

The History and Culture of the Indian People (HCIP) by R.C. Majumdar is a
comprehensive multivolume series that covers the entire history pretty well too
but then he is also called "saffron" though what he
wrote is the same as written by the Muslim historians
K.A. Nilakanta Sastri et al (editors.)A comprehensive History of India , Calcutta, 1957
K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the fall of Vijayanagar, Madras , 1955
A Brief Bibliography of Military History (University of Illinois)
Contains a decent collection of titles on Indian History from Ancient to Post Independence

The Saraswati Sindhu Vedic Period
THE RIG-VEDA
A Historical Analysis
SHRIKANT G. TALAGERI
Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi,2000
RIG VEDA AND THE HISTORY OF INDIA (Rig Veda Bharata Itihaasa)
By David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)
Aditya Prakashan, 2001, New Delhi, 550 Rupees, Hardback 363 pages,
ISBN 81-7742-039-9.We have a few copies of the book available for sale in USA at the price of $15.00, which includes shipping. Send payment to:
American Institute of Vedic Studies
PO Box 8357, Santa Fe NM 87504-8357
www.vedanet.com,
Vedic Aryans and the Origins of Civilization
Navratna S. Rajaram & David Frawley
(with a Foreword by Klaus K. Klostermaier)
New Delhi, Voice Of India, 2001, 3rd Edition
The Problem of Aryan Origins, from an Indian Point of View, K. D. Sethna, Aditya Prakashan, 1980
Problems of Ancient India/ K.D. Sethna. Delhi, Aditya, 2000, 306 p., ISBN 81-7742-026-7.
VEDIC SARASWATI
Evolutionary History of a Lost River in North Western India (Memoir 42)
Edited by B. P. Radhakrishna and S. S. Merh
Geological Society of India, P.B. No. 1922, Govipuram, Bangalore-560019
Price Rs. 500(PB)
Reviewed by K. V. RAMAN
Pratapaditya Pal, "Art from the Indian Subcontinent", Yale University Press, In association with the Norton Simon Art Foundation

Classical Period

Medieval (Muslim) Period
History of the Rise and fall of the Mohamedan Power in India by Mahomed
Kasim Ferishta, translated by John Briggs
Travels of Ibn Batuta -- translated by H A R Gibb gives first hand account
of the Muslim rulers of INdia as observed by a Muslim traveller -- he can
hardly be called "saffron"
History of India as told by its own historians by Elliot and Dawson
Jadunath Sarkar is a well respected historian and his books on Aurangzeb
and other Muslim rulers are also good source. His book on Aurangzeb is not
easily available since reprint rights are not granted. Some libraries might
have old prints. It is worth reading though. Sarkar does have his bias
against the Marathas, for whatever reason.
Legacy of Muslim Rule in India
                       K.S. Lal
                       New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1992
                       406 pgs, ISBN 81 85179 03 04

Other books by K.S. Lal

History of the Khaljis (1950, 1967, 1980)

Twilight of the Sultanate (1963, 1980)

Studies in Asian History (edited - 1969)

Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973);
Early Muslims in India (1984);
The Mughal Harem (1988);
Indian Muslims: Who Are They? (1990);
Muslim Slave System in Medieval India (1994);
Growth of Scheduled Tribes and Castes in Medieval India, Aditya Prakashan (1995);
Theory and practice of the Muslim state in India,(1999) }

The following is not a book on Indian History but describes the concept of Jihad
Jihad in the West : Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries by Paul Fregosi, Hardcover - 442 pages (October 1998) Prometheus Books; ISBN: 1573922471 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.51 x
9.34 x 6.36 Amazon price is $23.80

Some British writers of Indian History from whom we have learnt Indian History
Major General John Malcolm - A Memoir of the Central India (1824)
Captain Grant Duff - History of the Marathas (1826)
Gen. John Briggs - History of the Rise of Mohammedan Power in India (1829)(translation of Tarikh i Farishta by Farishta)
Lt.Colonel James Todd - Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829-32)
M. Elphinstone (Resident at Peshwa Court, later Governor of Bombay), History of India (1841)
Joseph Cunningham (brother of Gen.A.Cunningham) History of Sikhs (1849)
Lt. R.F.Burton - History of Sindh (1851)

British colonial period
Peter Hopkirk "The Great game , The struggle for empire in Central Asia",Kodansha International, first published 1990
"The British Conquest and Dominion of India" by Sir Penderel Moon. Published in two volumes by India Research Press, 1999. Pages 1264. Price Rs 1800.

Independence Movement and Post Independence Period
RC Majumdar, ‘History of the freedom movement in India’,1962, 2nd revised edition, Firma KL Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta, 1971
V.P. Menon, The Transfer of Power in India, Bombay , 1957
V.P.Menon, The story of the Integration of the Indian states, Bombay, 1956.
The Fate of Tibet
When big insects eat small insects
Claude Arpi
with a Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
New Delhi, Har-Anand, 1999
Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947
Compiled for the SGPC
by
S. GURBACHAN SINGH TALIB
Introduction to the reprint
by
RAM SWARUP
Voice of India, New Delhi