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Empires of the Indus
Alice Albinia
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Description for Empires of the Indus
Paperback. From Tibet to Pakistan, a mesmerising history of the Indus River's civilizations, emperors and explorers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8 colour. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
10th anniversary edition with new Preface One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion; today it is the cement of Pakistans fractious union. Five thousand years ago, a string of sophisticated cities grew and traded on its banks. In the ruins of these elaborate metropolises, Sanskrit-speaking nomads explored the river, extolling its virtues in Indias most ancient text, the ... Read more
10th anniversary edition with new Preface One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion; today it is the cement of Pakistans fractious union. Five thousand years ago, a string of sophisticated cities grew and traded on its banks. In the ruins of these elaborate metropolises, Sanskrit-speaking nomads explored the river, extolling its virtues in Indias most ancient text, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Murray
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719560057
SKU
9781473691957
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About Alice Albinia
Alice Albinia read English literature at Cambridge and South Asian history at SOAS, then worked for two years in Delhi as a journalist, critic and editor. Written during an audacious journey through Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and Tibet, Empires of the Indus is her first book, for which she won a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for work in progress. ... Read more
Reviews for Empires of the Indus
'I have travelled much of the territory described here but I cannot say that I remotely knew it until I read this wonderful book. With her debut work Alice Albinia is set to take her place alongside the greats like Eric Newby and Colin Thubron. Her prose is lucid and entertaining and her insights invariably penetrating'
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