インドーアフガニスタン関係 India-Afghanistan : From Common Inheritance to Contested Histories

Rath, Saroj Kumar

Routledge（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 202 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781041030034
• DDC分類 958.1

Full Description

This book is a searing history of Indo-Afghan relations. It looks at how Afghanistan, once the heartland of India, has now been reduced to a troubled cousin in the contemporary era. Drawing on archival records, as well as ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Persian literature, the book traces the history of Afghanistan from ancient times up to the recent Taliban takeover of the country in 2020. It presents an analytical history of race, culture, and belonging in a world shaken and transformed by colonization. The author provides a new interpretation of the region and discusses South Asia's courteous racial etiquette.

An indispensable read, the book will be useful for students and researchers of history, Middle East and Central Asian studies, international relations, politics, development studies, and Asian studies.

Contents

Foreword by Professor P. Radhakrishnan

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Explaining Ancient Connection

2 The Contested Histories: Journeying Through the Ages

3 Special Symmetry in the Modern Era

4 Testing Time for Perpetual Friendship

5 The Dimensions of Choices in Bilateral Relations

6 Navigating the Chessboard in the 21st Century

7 From Grandeur and Glory to an Oscillating Bond

Bibliography

Index