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u/kevinkeller11 · 5 pointsr/india

Correct, the Aryans were pastoralist nomads. Many of the things we know about them are derived indirectly. For example, they did not have a word their own word for 'plough', 'furrow', or 'threshing floor'. Hence, we can say they probably weren't into farming. They didn't care much for writing as well, but they knew all about livestock.

Source: this excellent book about India's history.

u/dwair · 3 pointsr/todayilearned

India: A History by John Keayis a good place to start


The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India by Sita Ram Goel

The Mughal Empire by John Richards is also good

Unfortunately there are few books and even fewer in print that cover India pre-east India company, partly I guess because unlike the same period in European history, few people were writing it down as it happened.

u/Shlomoh21 · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

It's not on ancient India but is about the history of India

https://www.amazon.in/India-History-John-Keay/dp/0007307756

Mythological fiction has been a favourite in India for the past decade.

You can read up on Amish Tripathi's Meluha series for mythological fiction.

Devdutt Patnaik is a good author to understand Indian mythology.

u/nakkamukka · 1 pointr/india

thebetterindia.com website has a good list on Indian history based on its readers response.

Following are the books in no particular order. I personally recommend India:A History - John keay

  • Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins
  • The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen
  • India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha
  • The Wonder That Was India by A L Basham
  • The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor
  • A Corner Of A Foreign Field by Ramachandra Guha
  • The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple
  • India: A history by John Keay
  • Alberuni’s India by Alberuni (Translated by Edward C. Sachau)