South Asian history : an introduction -- Modernity and antiquity : interpretations of ancient India -- Pre-modernaccommodations of difference : the making of Indo-Islamiccultures -- The Mughal Empire : state, economy, andsociety -- India between empires : decline ordecentralization? -- The transition to colonialism :resistance and collaboration -- The first century ofBritish rule, 1757 to 1857 : state and economy -- CompanyRaj and Indian society, 1757 to 1857 : re-invention andreform of tradition -- 1857 : rebellion, collaboration,and the transition to Crown Raj -- High noon ofcolonialism, 1858 to 1914 : state and political economy --A nation in making? : rational reform, religious revival,and Swadeshi nationalism, 1858 to 1914 -- Colonialismunder siege : state and political economy after World WarI -- Gandhian nationalism and mass politics in the 1920s -- The depression decade : society, economics, and politics-- Nationalism and colonialism during World War II and itsaftermath : economic crisis and political confrontation --The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan --1947 : memories and meanings -- Post-colonial South Asia :state and economy, society, and politics, 1947 to 1971 --Post-colonial South Asia : state and economy, society, andpolitics, 1971 to 2010 -- Decolonizing South Asia history: the view from a new millennium -- Glossary -- Achronological outline
