Land, climate, and prehistory
Caste, kings, and the Hindu world order (1000 B.C.-A.D. 700)
Turks, Afghans, and Mughals (600-1800)
The jewel in the crown (1757-1885)
Becoming modern the colonial way (1800-1900)
Toward freedom (1885-1920)
Gandhi and the nationalist movement (1920-1948)
Constructing the nation (1950-1991)
Bollywood and beyond (1947-2004)
India at the turn of the century (1991-2004).