Jadunath Sarkar Collection (5 Books) - (Deluxe Hardbound Edition): Shivaji and His Times Military History of India India Through the Ages Mughal Administration & Nadir Shah in India

Bringing Together The Best of Jadunath Sarkar'sworks together.Shivaji And His Times: This book recounts the life and times of one of Maharashtra'sgreatest heroes.The author has extensively researched the subject and presents acomprehensive analysis of Shivaji's life his battles his political strategies and his legacy.Thebook begins with an introduction to the political and social conditions in India during the 17thcentury which sets the context for Shivaji's rise to power.The author also discusses the impact of Shivaji's legacy on Indian history and politics.OverallShivaji And His Times is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Indian historyparticularly the history of the Maratha Empire.Military History of India: The Book covers the history of the military in the Indiansubcontinent before the precolonial era. The text introduces the geographical aspects in settingup the militaristic approaches for campaigns in various battles and conquest of territories.The main part of this book deals with the history of foreign invasions in India. The authorbegins with the history of Greek invasions in ancient India which is the classical militaryconflict between Alexander and Porus. It also covers the strategical tactics adopted. Howeverthe greater part of this book deals with the Islamic invasions in India beginning withMuhammad Ghori’s campaign and the military stratagems adopted by the Sultans of Delhi. Itcovers the Mughal invasion with the first battle of Panipat in 1526 against Ibrahim Lodi and thesuccessive battles by the Mughal successors. The final part deals with the war of succession byShah Jahan’s sons warfare under the Nizams of Hyderabad and the military account under theMaratha rule.India Through The Ages: This volume comprises a series of lectures delivered by Prof.Jadunath Sarkar. It is a lucid survey of the growth of Indian life and thought from the Vedic ageto our own times with a detailed study of contributions of the Aryans the Buddhists theMuhammadans and the English to the growth of Indian civilizations.The book gives us a bird’s eye-view of the successive factors which have contributed to thecomposite development of present-day India.Mughal Administration: Mughal Administration provides a complete treatise on theadministrative system of the Mughal empire its theory and practice its root principles andaims and their effect in actual operation.Nadir Shah in India: Jadunath Sakar delivered six lectures on Nadir Shah in 1922. These werecomposed and rearranged in three chapters taking the shape of this work.First chapter examines the internal condition of India in 1738 and the rise and progress ofNadir Shah. Second chapter covers the capture of Peshawar and Lahore and the invasion ofIndia. The last chapter deals with Nadir Shah in Delhi and the state of India after Nadir Shah’sdeparture.This small and handy work is a marvelous piece of research on Nadir’s adventure in India.