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“....; The Mauryan empire and the Classical age --; Buddhism and Jainism --; The Mauryan empire --; Ashoka and
ecology --; Irrigation in early India --; The classical period --; Hinduism --; The decline of the Classical period --; 4.; Imperial interlude --; South India --; Agrarian practices in South India --; Peasant options in hydraulic South India --; Vijayanagar --; Islam --; Islam and
ecology --; The advent of Islam --; The Delhi Sultanate --; Environmental change in medieval India --; The transition from medieval to early modern.; 5.; The rise and fall of the Mughal empire --; Akbar --; Sikhism --; The later Mughal emperors --; The decline of the Mughal empire --; The British East India Company --; Conclusion --; 6.; Company rule --; Utilitarianism --; Difference --; Scientific validation --; Validation, ideology, and environmental history, 1793-1857 --; Land --; Trade --; Public works --; Disease --; Education --; The 1857 Rebellion --; 7.; Imperium, 1858-1947 --; The new policy --; Education --; Railways --; Forests --; Public works --; Health --; Famine --; Conclusion --; 8.; Sri Lanka and Nepal in the modern era --; Sri Lanka --; Nepal --; The Terai --; The hill region --; The
mountain region --; Conclusion --; 9.; Independence and partition --; World War I and the emergence of Gandhi --; Gandhi and the environment --; The environmental consequences of partition --; Partition and the Indus River system --; The partition of Bengal --; Environmental impact on Bangladesh --; Conclusion.; 10.; South Asia since 1947 --; Public works, industry, and commodification --; Grassroots environmental movements : the example of Chipko --; Natural disasters in independent South Asia --; Conclusion --; 11.; Conclusion --; 12.; Case studies --; Case study A : The agrarian system of Mughal India --; The decline of the Mughal agrarian system --; Conclusion --; Case study B : The Permanent Settlement Act and the Kosi River --; The Kosi River --; The permanent settlement in action --; The peasant and riparian cultivation --; The Santals and the Kosi jungles --; Conclusion --; Case study C : Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save the Narmada Movement) --; The Narmada Bachao Andolan --; Conclusion --; Important people, events, and concepts --; Chronology --; Bibliographic essay --; Bibliography --; Glossary --; Index --; About the author....
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