History Books You Own

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Posted: 1 years ago
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So what are the History related books you have bought?

I have

  • India's Ancient Past by R. K. Sharma
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  • Land of seven rivers: History of India's Geograph by Sanjeev Sanyal

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Posted: 1 years ago
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Thanks for this thread, Devi.

Although we have loads of non-fiction historical books in our home, sharing my personal favourite book which is a historical fiction by Saradindu Bandopadhyay. Here's the goodreads link.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12220441

Edited by Quantum-Dot - 1 years ago
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Posted: 1 years ago
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Originally posted by: devashree_h

So what are the History related books you have bought?

I have

  • India's Ancient Past by R. K. Sharma
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  • Land of seven rivers: History of India's Geograph by Sanjeev Sanyal

I have india's ancient past by RK Sharma

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Posted: 1 years ago
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Some that I own

Rig Vedic people - Invaders, migrants or indigenous people by B.B. Lal

Sapiens -A history of mankind (really disappointed it doesn't mention much of Indian history)

Indian Epigraphy -- A Guide to Study of Inscription in India by Richard Salmon

I generally take online books though

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Posted: 1 years ago
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Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Some that I own

Rig Vedic people - Invaders, migrants or indigenous people by B.B. Lal

Sapiens -A history of mankind (really disappointed it doesn't mention much of Indian history)

Indian Epigraphy -- A Guide to Study of Inscription in India by Richard Salmon

I generally take online books though


Good suggestion, may be I will buy this one.

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Posted: 12 months ago
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None. I prefer watching documentaries or reading independent accounts of past events.

I recently took a course on Indigenous history and most of our course material was sourced from texts, articles, statistical reports, videos and even art rather than any single text book and I found that to be much more illuminating and eye-opening.

History, so many times, is distorted by the the historian. As the famous quote goes - "Perhaps no one has changed the course of history as much as historians."

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Posted: 10 months ago
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My sis is an History PG student. So we have a lots of History Books in our house.


Some are : 1. Medieval India by Habib I.

2. India's Struggle for Independence

3. A History of the Modern World

4. Approaches to History

5. Sapiens

6. India's Ancient Past

Edited by AninditaB - 10 months ago
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Posted: 6 months ago
#8

People, India's ancient past is by R S Sharma (Ram Sharan)

Just a Lil typo smiley36 I have a good 50-70 books on history at this point, PDFs run in 100s smiley36 topic wise list mil sakti hai smiley37

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Posted: 6 months ago
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Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Some that I own

Rig Vedic people - Invaders, migrants or indigenous people by B.B. Lal

Sapiens -A history of mankind (really disappointed it doesn't mention much of Indian history)

Indian Epigraphy -- A Guide to Study of Inscription in India by Richard Salmon

I generally take online books though

Sapiens series isn't exactly a history book in sense of textbook. It's a thematic reading or an alternative history account of sorts. I've read Harari's other works too. It is written from a very specific perspective.

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Posted: 6 months ago
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Originally posted by: Satrangi_Curls

People, India's ancient past is by R S Sharma (Ram Sharan)

Just a Lil typo smiley36 I have a good 50-70 books on history at this point, PDFs run in 100s smiley36 topic wise list mil sakti hai smiley37

Neha ji is an history buff ? Good to know! smiley36smiley27

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