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The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Hardcover)
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The Geopolitics of South Asia: From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - From Early Empires to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 2000: This volume explores one of
the world's greatest cultural heartlands - the Indian
sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land
and how they still impact upon it; how the culture of early setters
evolved to form Hinduism; how its wealth and power attracted the
attention of Islamic invaders who founded the Sultanate of Delhi
and then the great Mogul Empire; and how they were later usurped by
the British Raj. The story continues with the trauma of Partition
and Independence in 1947, as India's unique form of Islam shook
free from Nehru's secular India with the founding of Pakistan. At
different points in the story, discussions are woven in on subjects
such as caste or the management of water resources. Much of the
book is written in terms of the three major forces of
integration.These are "identitive" forces - bonds of language,
ethnicity, religion or ideology; "utilitarian" forces - bonds of
common material interests; and "coercion" - the institutional use
or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor
Chapman shows how the organization of territory - as states and
empires, as monarchic realms and as representative democracies -
has been central to the region's historic, cultural, linguistic and
economic development. In doing so, he contends that the lynchpin of
this region's story is a geopolitical one.
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