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A fascinating exploration of the roots of Indian history by the acclaimed author of Ashoka.
Coromandel
a personal history of south india
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432 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2019
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Summary
COROMANDEL. A name which has been long applied by Europeans to the Northern Tamil Country, or (more comprehensively) to the eastern coast of the Peninsula of India.
This is the India highly acclaimed historian Charles Allen visits in this fascinating book. Coromandel journeys south, exploring the less well known, often neglected and very different history and identity of the pre-Aryan Dravidian south. During Allen’s exploration of the Indian south he meets local his…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349140117 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349140111 |
| Author: | Charles Allen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 24mm |
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Coromandel is lively and its stories well chosen– The Economist
Coromandel is lively and its stories well chosen - The Economist
An engaging and meaningful account of a very long and complex history - Times Literary SupplementA writer whom India as well as Britain should be proud to call its own, this account is seductive and convincing - Literary ReviewAbout The Author
Charles Allen
Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about India and the colonial experience elsewhere. He is a traveller, historian and master storyteller.
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