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The reading course is designed to give you an insight and overview of the topics, problems and questions concerning the history and societies of South Asia since the 16th century by means of selected basic texts. The focus will be on the colonial period from the 18th century onwards and the independent states of South Asia after 1947. Topics will include transregional networks in the Indian Ocean, The Mughal Empire, the British Indian colonial empire, asymmetry and inequality, post-colonial states, South Asian nuclear powers, social developments (caste, family, women) and current political trends. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) close