The Oxford History of India

by Vincent Arthur Smith, Thomas George Percival Spear (Editor)

Oxford University Press The Oxford History Of Edited By Percival Spear, 4Th Edition

Genres: History, Nonfiction, India

964 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Vincent Arthur Smith CIE (3 June 1843 – 6 February 1920) was an Irish Indologist, historian, member of the Indian Civil Service, and curator. He was one of the prominent figures in Indian historiography during the British Raj.

In the 1890s, he was key to exposing the forgeries of Alois Anton Führer, then working for the Archaeological Survey of India, who Smith caught in the act of making fake inscriptions.

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to give this guy props for writing a book this comprehensive that is actually engaging, interesting, entertaining and informative. This is an old-school historical survey approach to history covering a Massive subject and it goes down real well.

The book was written in the 20s and has been updated recently without suffering "edition trauma". The author's voice is kind of "wise old sage" and man, this guy knew a lot about India, ancient texts, modern histories and how to differentiate myth from history.

If you would like to know a lot about Indian history fast, this is a good place to start.

And let me say something about Indian history - its a mindbender and there's more of it than there is American History, I think.

[Yubaraj Bhusal]

I want to read from page 30 to 33 only

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 3 out of 5]

An entertaining & engaging book, that deals with historical names, places and dates. If this book is still viewed as an authentic "history" book, then Stephen Knight should be accepted as the sole authority regarding Jack The Ripper!

[Youze da Funk · Rating 2 out of 5]

y'all wanna rule the world? forget dat commercial booshit and cannonade dem mughs wit district subhadarz. this shit be a barely-veiled defence of imperial cynicism. Dalhousie whuutttt!!!