Reviews for Cultural History of Modern India : Readings in History

The average rating for Cultural History of Modern India : Readings in History based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-24 00:00:00 Paul Marsh This is an extensive and somewhat comprehensive historical look at Christianity in India, although there seems to be a consistent anti-Catholic / pro-Protestant bias throughout. Frykenberg effectively describes the history, although the evaluation is inconsistent in both its usefulness and occurrence. While the author acknowledges in the introduction that he is focused only on India, neglecting Christianity in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, or Bangladesh (among other parts of the region), some further exploration of the effects and history of Christianity in these countries would have been helpful to understand the broader context.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-08 00:00:00 Donald Fisher A good holistic account of the development of Indian culture and civilisation from the paleolithic age to 1200 CE. Burjor Avari is not a professional historian, but he uses good sources for this account. The only drawback is that South Indian history isn't given as much attention as that of the North.