Alan Palmer

THE LAND OF THE INDUS Up in the mighty Karakoram mountains in the north, the River is still young as it cuts its way through some of the most forbidding country on earth. By the time it reaches the plains of Panjab it has matured, slowing right down to old age as it washes the banks of timeless...

PREFACE This Dictionary is intended as a reference-companion for those who are interested in the history of the modern world, particularly between the years 1789 and 1945. Chronological divisions are notoriously arbitrary guides to the past and, in a country whose oldest university begins the...