History from the eyes of a pondering vagabond

Some time ago, I struck upon an idea to write the entire history of India… as I see it. I however dithered… yet another History book… I said!!!!

History is one of the most dynamic social sciences… one need to visit historical facts again and again to understand them… in light of newer sociological, anthropological, geographical, philosophical, political and scientific developments. But that is best left to the experts… the more important thing for me is how you and I perceive the history… After all… the stories that my Papa told me in the childhood still reverberate in my mind whereas all the history lessons learnt in the School and thereafter, have considerably faded.

I will, therefore, like to write about the Indian history from the commoners' point of view… from my point of view… though, of course I realize that it would have little pedagogical value. But still...

But more importantly, I would like to do one more thing… I would like to write about the history of India enmeshed with a travelogue… that is, I will pick up a town as a vantage for the entire era or age and write about the age and also about the city/town/village that I have picked up as a vantage point. There after I will travel in a linear fashion to the place selected for the next era and write about my travel experience and the era… in a continuum….

This is a very time taking and difficult task…. Yet I will do it some day… wish me luck… that I may do it one day.

Here is the draft list of the selected places, and era that would be covered from the place... it may be seen that all efforts have been taken to enlist all the regions of India

Your suggestions are solicited

State	Place	Agenda of the Chapter	Title of the Chapter
Madhya Pradesh	Bhimbetka	Prehistoric India	Writings on the wall
Rajasthan	Kalibangan	Indus Valley Civilization	The Civilization begins
Uttaranchal	Kotdwar	Early Vedic Period	And those who came thereafter
Orissa	Puri	Later Vedic Period	The New order
Bihar	Bodhgaya	Buddhism and Jainism	And the two who defied it
Uttar Pradesh	Kanauj	Till about Harshavardhan	The Golden Age
Haryana	Panipat	Advent of Islam	And then the fragmented
Tamilnadu	Thanjavur	Early South Indian kingdoms	Around the same time in South
Andhra Pradesh	Warangal	Later South Indian kingdoms	And there after
Uttar Pradesh	Kara	Early Delhi Sultanate	Sultans of Delhi
Delhi	Tughlakabad	Later Delhi Sultanate	The turmoil that followed
Bihar	Sahsaram	Early Mughals	Mughals at the horizon
Punjab	Gurdaspur	The Mughal consolidation	The nation builders
Maharashtra	Nanded	Decay of Mughal empire	The nation crumbles
Karnataka	Hampi	Vijaynagar and Bahmanis	Tale of two cities
Rajasthan	Ajmer	Bhakti and Sufism	The Tolerant traditions
Maharashtra	Shivneri	Maratha empire	The Great Marathas
Kerala	Kozhikode	Arrivals of the European	Vini
West Bengal	Murshidabad	Opportunities for the Britishers	Vidi
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	The Consolidation by the Britishers	Vici
Karnataka	Mysore	Tipu and Ranjit	The few road blocks
Jharkhand	Ranchi	1857 and few other revolts	The early defiance
West Bengal	Belur	Indian Renaissance	The Renaissance
Gujarat	Rajkot	Early National movement	Waiting for the Mahatma
Gujarat	Dandi	The National movement	The rise of the Mahatma
Uttar Pradesh	Kakori	The other paths	And those who differed
Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar	Independence and the partition	The Nation Victorious
Chattisgarh	Bhilai	The Nehruvian period	The nation dreams
Tamilnadu	Perumbudur	Indira and Rajiv period	The nation setbacked
Assam	Guwahati	Post Rajiv period	The nation resurgent