With special reference to the social and economic conditions in Patna District.

This book is an original, systematic, and radical attempt at decolonizing critical theory. Drawing on linguistic concepts from 16 languages from Asia, Africa, the Arab world, and South America, the essays in the volume explore the entailments of words while discussing their conceptual implications for the humanities and the social sciences everywhere. The essays engage in the work of thinking through words to generate a conceptual vocabulary that will allow for a global conversation on social theory which will be necessarily multilingual. With essays by scholars, across generations, and from a variety of disciplines – history, anthropology, and philosophy to literature and political theory – this book will be essential reading for scholars, researchers, and students of critical theory and the social sciences.

NCERT Summary for Civil Service, One Day Exam, and School Exams" is an indispensable and comprehensive guide designed to aid students and aspirants preparing for various competitive exams, including Civil Services, One Day Exams, and school examinations. This concise yet thorough book condenses the vast historical content covered in NCERT textbooks from 6th to 12th class into easy-to-understand mind maps. Each chapter is meticulously summarized into mind maps, offering a visual and organized representation of key historical events, dates, personalities, and concepts. This book serves as a quick revision tool, facilitating efficient and effective revision of historical topics. It assists learners in comprehending and recalling historical information swiftly, making it an ideal resource for last-minute revisions and comprehensive preparations. The structured format of mind maps in this book aids in memory retention, enabling candidates to grasp complex historical narratives and connections effortlessly. Whether preparing for competitive exams or school assessments, this book acts as a reliable companion, empowering students with a strategic and holistic approach to history revision.

Index Class-6 Chapter 1 : What, Where , How and When Chapter 2 : On the Trail of Earliest People Chapter 3 : From Gathering to Growing Food Chapter 4 : In the Earliest Cities Class Chapter 5 : What Books and Burials Tell Us Chapter 6 : Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic Chapter 7 : New Questions and Ideas Chapter 8 : Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War Chapter 9 : Vital Villages, Thriving Towns Chapter 10 : Traders, Kings and Pilgrims Chapter 11 : New Empires and Kingdoms Chapter 12 : Buildings, Paintings and Books Class-7 Chapter 1 : Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years Chapter 2 : New Kings and Kingdoms Chapter 3 : The Delhi Sultans Chapter 4 : The Mughal Empire Chapter 5 : Rulers and Buildings Chapter 6 : Towns, Traders and Craftpersons Chapter 7 : Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities Chapter 8 : Devotional Paths to the Divine Chapter 9 : The Making of Regional Cultures Chapter 10 : Eighteenth-Century Political Formations Class-8 Chapter 1: History How, When and Where Chapter 2 : History From Trade to Territory Chapter 3: Ruling the Countryside Chapter 4 : Tribals, Dikus and The Vision of A Golden Age Chapter 5 : When People Rebel : 1857 and After Chapter 6 : Colonialism and the City: The Story of an Imperial Capital Chapter 7 : Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Chapter 8 : Civilising the ‘Native’ Educating the Nation Chapter 9 : Women, Caste and Reform Chapter 10 : The Changing World of Visual Arts Chapter 11 : The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947 Chapter 12 : India After Independence Class-9 Chapter 1 : The French Revolution Chapter 2 : Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Chapter 3 : Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Chapter 4 : Forest Society and Colonialism Chapter 5 Pastoralists in the Modern World Chapter 6 : Peasants and Farmers Chapter 7 : History and Sport: The Story of Cricket Chapter 8 : Clothing: A Social History Class-10 Chapter 1 : The Rise of Nationalism in Europe Chapter 2 : Nationalism in India Chapter 3 : The Making of a Global World ( The Pre – Modern World ) Chapter 4 : The Age of Industrialisation Chapter 5 : Print Culture & the Modern World Class-11 Chapter 1 : From the Beginning of Time Chapter 2 : Writing and City Life Chapter 3 : An Empire across Three Continents Chapter 4 : The Central Islamic Lands Chapter 5 : Nomadic Empires Chapter 6 : The Three Orders Chapter 7 : Changing Cultural Traditions Chapter 8 : Confrontation of Cultures Chapter 9 : The Industrial Revolution Chapter 10 : Displacing Indigenous Peoples Chapter 11 :Paths to Modernization Class-12 Chapter 1 : Bricks, Beads and Bones Chapter 2 : Kings, Farmers and Towns Chapter 3 : Kinship, caste and Class Chapter 4 : Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings Chapter 5 : Through the Eyes of Travellers Chapter 6 : Bhakti- Sufi Traditions Chapter 7 : An Imperial Captial Vijayanagara Chapter 8 : Peasants, Zamindars and the State Chapter 9 : Kings and Chronicles Chapter 10 : Colonialism and the Countryside Chapter 11 : Rebels and the Raj Chapter 12 : Colonial Cities Chapter 13 : Mahatma Gandhi and National Movements Chapter 14 : Understanding Partition Chapter 15 : Framing and the Constitution

In recent decades, private investment has led to an economic resurgence in India. But this is not the first time the region has witnessed impressive business growth. There have been many similar stories over the past 300 years. India's economic history shows that capital was relatively expensive. How, then, did capitalism flourish in the region? How did companies and entrepreneurs deal with the shortage of key resources? Has there been a common pattern in responses to these issues over the centuries? Through detailed case studies of firms, entrepreneurs, and business commodities, Tirthankar Roy answers these questions. Roy bridges the approaches of business and economic history, illustrating the development of a distinctive regional capitalism. On each occasion of growth, connections with the global economy helped firms and entrepreneurs better manage risks. Making these deep connections between India's economic past and present shows why history matters in its remaking of capitalism today.

Praise for the hardback edition: 'an impressively scholarly and immensely detailed text... a welcome and strongly recommended contribution to World History and India History collections.' Library Bookwatch "Recommended" -- Choice A History of Modern India provides a comprehensive chronological analysis of India's vibrant and diverse history. As well as examining the evolution of the relationship between the society and the state in its various economic, social, cultural and political forms, A History of Modern India analyses the major empires in modern India from the Moghuls (1580-1739) to the Raj (1818-1947), and discusses the economic, social and intellectual dynansm that accompanied intervening periods of political fragmentation. The book explores the difficulties confronting the rise of Indian nationalismand the consequent confrontation between religious communities: what should have been the crowning victory of a pacifist anti-colonial movement was instead brutally resolved with the violence of Partition in 1947.

Technology, Skills and the Pre-Modern Economy investigates how technological skills and knowledge were reproduced and disseminated in the advanced agrarian societies of China, India, Russia and Europe in the centuries before the Industrial Revolution. The book offers regional surveys of Europe, China and India, as well as comparative studies of building, porcelain manufacturing, instrument making, printing, and shipbuilding. The authors engage with the on-going debate about the ‘great divergence’ between Asia and Europe, and its possible causes. Technology has so far had a minor role in that debate. This book is bound to change that, through the bold claims made by various contributors. Contributors are: Karel Davids, S.R. Epstein †, Gijs Kessler, Jan Lucassen, Christine Moll-Murata, Patrick O'Brien, Kenneth Pomeranz, Maarten Prak, Tirthankar Roy, Richard Unger, and Jan Luiten van Zanden.