An open bibliography · 3,475 books · 51 languages

The history of South Asia, shelf by shelf.

Histories, chronicles, memoirs and travel accounts on the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the East India Company, the Raj and Partition — filed by era, subject and author from open library catalogues.

3,475books

3,370authors

14,214editions

1606oldest first edition

The history of British India1817 The Story of the Malakand Field Force1898 History of the Indian mutiny, 1857-18581878 Warren Hastings1883 A journey from Madras through the countries o…1807

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Each book is filed under the periods its library subject headings name; a general history of British India counts for several.

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most-edited before 1900

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Chronicles, histories and accounts first published before 1900, ranked by the number of editions in the catalogue.

The history of British India H. H. Wilson, James Mill 1817 · 106 editions · 496 pp. Mughal EmpireEast India Company

The Story of the Malakand Field Force Winston S. Churchill 1898 · 86 editions · 233 pp. British Raj

History of the Indian mutiny, 1857-1858 G. B. Malleson, John William Kaye 1878 · 69 editions · 570 pp. Revolt of 1857

Warren Hastings Thomas Babington Macaulay 1883 · 60 editions · 194 pp. East India CompanyBritish Raj

A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar Francis Hamilton 1807 · 25 editions · 590 pp. East India Company

Āʾīn-i Akbarī Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, H. Blochmann 1777 · 28 editions · 741 pp. Mughal Empire

since 1990

Recent histories in many editions

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The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians Henry Miers Elliot 2000 · 39 editions · 585 pp. Delhi SultanateMughal Empire

India's National Security Satish Kumar 2010 · 42 editions · 510 pp.

Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas His Pilgrimes Samuel Purchas 2014 · 36 editions · 606 pp. East India Company

Taliban Ahmed Rashid 2000 · 29 editions · 319 pp. Modern South Asia

Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus 1998 · 30 editions · 288 pp.

Podróże z Herodotem Ryszard Kapuściński 2004 · 25 editions · 279 pp.

Colonial Education and India, 1781-1945 Pramod K. Nayar 2019 · 26 editions

A concise history of Pakistan Muḥammad Raz̤ā Kāẓmī 2012 · 1 edition · 391 pp. British RajModern South Asia

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Politics and government 724 India, history, british occupation, 1765-1947 472 East India Company 439 Civilization 212 India 208 Social life and customs 204 India, history 175 India, politics and government, 1765-1947 166 India & South Asia 160 Foreign relations 158 India, social conditions 157 General 152 India, social life and customs 136 Description and travel 134 Economic conditions 130 India, history, 1947- 125 India, civilization 124 Nationalism 121

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