Indus basin uninterrupted : a history of territory & politics from Alexander to Nehru /
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| Author / Creator: | Sinha, Uttam Kumar, author. |
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| Imprint: | Gurgaon : Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021. ©2021 |
| Description: | xiv, 353 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13339898 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Settlers, Invaders and Successions
- Ageing of India's History
- Alexander Thought Indus to Be Head of Nile
- Qásim Crosses the Indus
- As Observed by Foreign Travellers
- Suyya, the Waterman of Kashmir
- Genghis and the Battle of Indus
- Fathering Medieval Canals
- Indus, the Territorial Marker
- Part II. Diplomacy and Commerce on the Indus
- Minto's Three Wise Men
- Huff and Puff of Navigation
- Navigation Steamrolled by Railways
- Part III. Colonization, Canals and Contestation
- Engineering the Watercourse
- Irrigation Debate
- Disputes and Settlements
- Lower Riparian Angst
- Knowledge-power
- Part IV. Partition of Land and Rivers
- Drawing a Line in a Maelstrom
- An Engineer Named Kanwar Sain
- Punjab Canal Water Dispute
- Flurry of Correspondence
- Pakistan Strides towards a 'Third Party'
- TVA-inspired Water Projects
- Part V. Making of the Indus Waters Treaty
- US Knocks at Kashmir's Door
- Who's There? The World Bank
- Unequal Music on the Indus
- Clamour for Water and Peace
- Heated Debate in the Lok Sabha
- Nehru Convincingly Unconvincing
- A Few Lines to Conclude
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography