Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Timeline of Historical Events -- 1 The Settings -- 2 The Birth of India -- 3 Religion, Trade, and Conquest -- 4 The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Dynasty -- 5 A Century of Realignment -- 6 Indians and British Rule -- 7 The Struggle for Independence -- 8 Building the New India -- 9 The Rise of the Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty -- 10 The Fall of the Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty -- 11 India Today -- Notable People in the History of India -- Appendix: Mughal Emperors, British Viceroys, Prime Ministers of India -- Glossary -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.