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he is ill-prepared for the trouble that follows

India: A Short History Anne Rowberry This Princeton Classics edition ofPithy, admirable a most refreshing resum The Times Literary Supplement India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander the Great it was a land of clever naked philosophers and indomitable, elephantine armies. At the height of the Mughal empire, India boasted nearly a quarter of the world economy, and even under colonial rule it was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Today it