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Charles Allen (1) (1940–2020)

Autor de Plain Tales from the Raj

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Charles Allen was born in India, where six generations of his family served under the Raj. He lives in London and Somerset

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Obras de Charles Allen

Plain Tales from the Raj (1975) 385 copias
The Buddha and the Sahibs (2002) 150 copias
Lives of the Indian Princes (1889) 74 copias
Raj : a scrapbook of British India, 1877-1947 (1977) — Autor — 48 copias

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Nombre legal
Allen, Charles Robin
Fecha de nacimiento
1940-01-02
Fecha de fallecimiento
2020-08-16
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Cawnpore (now Kampur), Uttar Pradesh, India
Lugar de fallecimiento
London, England, UK
Causa de fallecimiento
Cancer of the gall bladder
Lugares de residencia
India
Camden, London, England, UK
Educación
Canford School
Ocupaciones
historian
author
editor
broadcaster
Relaciones
Allen, Elizabeth (wife)
Premios y honores
Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal (2004)

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This book tackles what has become a fiercely contested topic in the newly resurgent India of today. The contention is because the dominant communities in India, or more specifically Hindu, society were claimed to be the descendants of an alien, Indo-European or Indo-Iranian/Aryan immigrant population (or less benignly, maurading tribes) from the Central Eurasian steppes across the Hindu Kush. Although this purported immigration was relegated to the millennia before the present era (BC), and nobody questions the right of the so-called Indo-Aryans to their present places of residence as citizens in India (and in many other countries of the world!), it still raises a fierce sense of indignation that their legitimacy is being questioned in their own motherland, and that too based on conjectures and theries spun by colonial rulers, who have always tried to drive a wedge between different sections of the people they ruled, and their modern successors. The author has brought together the various threads of the argument, posted us up on the results of archaeological discoveries and comparative linguistics investigations in both the Indian area and in Central Asia and Anatolia, correlated the Aryan (Indo-Iranian) pre-history with various other sources, and generally tried to present the state of the field based on what is known to be factual, as against speculations. However he has also not hidden his distaste for the more strident strands of Hndutva lines of argument, some of which challenge the Aryan Immigration theory with an equally argumentative Out-of-India hypothesis.… (más)
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Dilip-Kumar | Jan 13, 2024 |
Started this with enthusiasm - a fan of Charles Allen's previous work, but rather too much complicated Tibetan history for my taste.
 
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DramMan | otra reseña | Oct 29, 2023 |
One of the best Historical Books I have read. There are few minor errors, which no doubt will be corrected in the next edition. This book is like a detective story, once you start, you can not let it go. It also shows the works of the European Orientalist to uncover the lost history of India and they should be applauded for their work.
 
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sujitacharyya | 5 reseñas más. | Sep 25, 2021 |
For the first time, I have read a book about South India and I enjoyed it. Indian history books are usually Delhi centric and neglect almost everything south of the Vindhays. The Indian culture we see in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Bali etc. would not have been possible without South Indian influence.
Also, this is about time, the history we learn in school is re-written. What we learned was a simplistic view and too many things, which the Muslim Sultans/Emperors did like killing Hindus, forced conversions, looting temples etc. have been glossed over for the sake of unity. Historians Like Prof. Romila Thapar got more importance than R. C. Majumdar.
This book is a start but not a comprehensive history. I would like to read a proper history of South India, including Telegu speaking land, which has been largely omitted.
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sujitacharyya | 2 reseñas más. | Sep 25, 2021 |

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