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The Shortest History of India

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John Zubrzycki

John Zubrzycki is an Australian author with a PhD in Indian history from the University of New South Wales. A former foreign news editor with The Australian, he has worked as a correspondent in India and as a diplomat in New Delhi and Jakarta. …

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Praise for The Shortest History of India

The author’s willingness to engage in historical debate is crucial because it means shortness doesn’t equate to shallowness.’ —The Saturday Paper

‘John Zubrzycki has fashioned an accessible and absorbing portal to the subcontinent’s 5000-year-old history’ —The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Zubrzycki has risen to the occasion and offers us a fascinating insight into the creation and development of the second most populous and the most populous democracy in the world.’ —Queensland Reviewers Collective

‘The best short history of India yet produced.’ —Ian Hall, Australian Book Review