- Author Name : Ayesha Jalal, Sugata Bose
- Subject : History, culture, political economy
- Language : English
- Cover : Hard Binding
- No of Pages : 259
- Publish Year : 2011
Modern South Asia is written in an accessible style for all those with an intellectual curiosity about the region. After sketching the pre-modern history of the subcontinent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries from c.1700 to the present. Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, it offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics, cultures and economies that shape the lives of more than a fifth of humanity.