--- product_id: 64755573 title: "A Children's History of India" price: "€ 18.40" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/64755573-a-childrens-history-of-india store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Covers diverse Indian geography & culture Comprehensive 5000+ years history Chronological clarity of complex events A Children's History of India **Price:** € 18.40 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌟 Unlock India’s epic story—where history, geography, and culture collide! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Children's History of India - **How much does it cost?** € 18.40 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/64755573-a-childrens-history-of-india) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Top-Ranked & Trusted:** Ranked #3 in Children’s Asian History books with 4.4-star rating from 1,200+ readers. - • **Engaging & Accessible:** Written for young minds but insightful enough for professionals craving a fresh perspective. - • **Geography Meets History:** Dive into India’s diverse landscapes and how they shaped its culture and trade routes. - • **Timeless Indian Heritage:** Explore 5,000+ years of rich history from ancient civilizations to medieval kingdoms. - • **Monsoon Magic & Mythology:** Experience the cultural significance of monsoons and ancient legends that define India’s identity. ## Overview A Children’s History of India by Rupa/Red Turtle Publications offers a captivating journey through India’s 5,000-year-old civilization, blending geography, mythology, and historical events. Perfectly crafted for young readers and curious professionals alike, it unpacks complex timelines with clarity and cultural depth. Highly rated and a bestseller in Asian history children’s books, it’s a must-have for anyone eager to connect with India’s vibrant past. ## Description From the Publisher Conversation with Subhadra Sen Gupta A LAND CALLED JAMBUDVIPA ~ The Landscape ~ The Monsoons ~ Discovering the Past ~ In the beginning, they called the land Jambudvipa, the land of the rose apple. A land of plenty, with the soaring snowcapped mountain ranges of the Himalayas in the north and the tumultuous waters of the Indian Ocean in the south. A land covered by a network of ever-flowing rivers, bringing the promise of fertile soil, and generous harvests. The wavelashed coastal regions of the peninsula encouraged adventure and trade and the forests were filled with the bounties of nature. It was a land that welcomed people, encouraged them to weave cloth and mould pottery, to dance and sing, to experiment with spices and live off the soil. This generous land would one day be named India, after a river, the Indus. And from the time of the Aryans, we call our country Bharatvarsha, after an Aryan tribe, the Bharatas. However, its earliest inhabitants named it after a fruit—the jambu—the rose apple or jamun. So since ancient times, India was Jambudvipa, or the island of the rose apple. The Landscape India is so big that it has every kind of landscape imaginable—mountains, plains, deserts, plateaus, deltas and coasts. Its climate ranges from the icy winters of Ladakh to the tropical summers of Kerala. And all these geographical features have played an important part in our history. Let’s first study the physical map of modern India. The Himalayan mountain range stands like a snowy crown in the north, separating India from the rest of Asia. This range, an immense 2,400 kilometres long, has several romantic names steeped in history and legend—Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Pir Panjal—and peaks like the Everest, the Annapurna and the Kangchenjunga. During ancient times, when invading armies moved only by land, these mountains acted like the ramparts of a fortress, discouraging attacks and allowing India to live in comparative peace. Of course, there were mountain passes like the Khyber and the Bolan in the north-west; these were mostly used by traders to take our goods as far as Europe but they also let in invaders—from Alexander in the third century BCE to Babur in the sixteenth century. Rivers are at the heart of our civilization. The Himalayas are the source of three mighty rivers—the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra, that have spread their network through tributaries across the land from Punjab to Assam. The Indus flows out of Tibet, curves south into north India and then flows into the Arabian Sea in today’s Pakistan. The Ganga rises in a glacial cave in Uttarakhand and then moves east towards the Bay of Bengal, creating one of the world’s biggest and most fertile alluvial plains. The Indo Gangetic plain is at the heart of India’s civilization and has seen some of the most important events in our history—from the Buddha standing at its banks in Varanasi to the rise and fall of the famous city of Pataliputra. The mighty Brahmaputra also starts its journey in Tibet but turns east and flows through Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, only to turn west into modern Bangladesh, where it meets the Padma, a tributary of the Ganga. Here, the many streams of the Ganga and Brahmaputra flow into the Bay of Bengal, creating a delta criss-crossed by streams that has been coveted over centuries by different invaders for its fertile soil. Similarly, in the south, the great kingdoms rose and fell by the rivers, like the fabulous city of Vijayanagar that stood by the Tungabhadra. The Narmada and the Godavari brought life to central India; and the rice, spice and cotton fields of the Deccan were fed by the waters of the Krishna and the Kaveri. Cotton was grown and then woven into brightly coloured fabrics that were loaded on to ships that voyaged to Arabia and Mozambique, Java and Bali. Along with items of trade, traders carried with them the rich heritage of our culture. The many ports along the western and eastern coasts, like Kaveripattinam, Bharuch and Kochi, saw many Arab, Malay and Chinese traders. Soon enough, the cotton and spices that we were famous for brought the Portuguese, the French and the English to our shores. They were not interested in peaceful trade but came to destroy, conquer and colonize the country and changed India’s history forever. Indians and Geography The ancient Indians were never very keen to draw accurate maps. In the Puranas, they described the world as a flat disc with a mythical mountain called Meru at the centre, surrounded by seas and seven islands or dvipas. These seas were said to be made not just of water but also milk, treacle, butter and ghee! The Monsoons Another mighty force of history races across the sky in the form of rain-laden clouds. The monsoon winds rise up in the Indian Ocean during summer and then, like clockwork, they move north, up the Indian landmass, bringing rain. One branch comes up from the Arabian Sea, the other from the Bay of Bengal and as they collide with the Himalayas, they pour their life-giving rain all across the land. They water the wheat fields of Punjab, the paddy fields of Bengal and the forests of Madhya Pradesh. By autumn, the same winds move in the opposite direction, raining on Tamil Nadu and Kerala. When Arab sailors discovered how these winds moved like clockwork across the oceans they used them to sail to and back from India. So it was the monsoon winds that first brought Arab, and then European, trading ships to our ports.The magic of the monsoon rains—varsha—is an integral part of our culture, as the whole land looks up anxiously to the sky for those first grey cumulonimbus clouds. Kalidasa would compose a paean, a song of praise, to the clouds in Meghdutam. We dance and sing and celebrate its arrival with colourful festivals. Rabindranath Tagore writes, Lightning darts through the clouds, ripping them,Dotting the sky with sharp, crooked smiles. Indra’s Thunder In ancient times, Indians prayed to Lord Indra, the god of thunder and lightning to bring rain. Our myths say that every summer Indra rides out on his celestial elephant Airavata to battle Vritra, the demon of drought. Discovering the Past India is an ancient land, and that is why we have so much history to study in school! For example, the cities of the Harappan civilization were built nearly 5,000 years ago. Also, since the land is so vast, kingdoms have risen and fallen all across it, sometimes at the same time, and that can be very confusing. For example, while the Tughlaqs were ruling in Delhi, there were the kings of Vijayanagar and the Bahmani sultans ruling in the south and other small kingdoms elsewhere. So how do historians and archaeologists discover what happened so long ago and also keep track of so many confusing, simultaneous events? Review: Must Read for All: Historians to Engineers, Doctors to Administrators, Students to Senior Citizens - Enjoyable reading of history. Very readable and easy to understand, covers all aspects of Indian history. What was happening elsewhere in the world gives better perspective, what happened when is beautiful summarisation. The suggestions to visit monuments and museum and further reading and watching films adds further. Review: Good Buy - The content is super good , only if I have to suggest is pictures should be colourful for the children (guardians too) to like.. we don't mind paying little more , a broad size of the book, colourful pictures and bigger fonts can make it one of the greatest possessions. ## Features - Rupa/Red Turtle Publications ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #5,564 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Children's Books on Asian History #307 in History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,210 Reviews | ## Images ![A Children's History of India - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61LL3mujdsL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must Read for All: Historians to Engineers, Doctors to Administrators, Students to Senior Citizens *by K***D on 11 August 2024* Enjoyable reading of history. Very readable and easy to understand, covers all aspects of Indian history. What was happening elsewhere in the world gives better perspective, what happened when is beautiful summarisation. The suggestions to visit monuments and museum and further reading and watching films adds further. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Buy *by N***A on 5 July 2021* The content is super good , only if I have to suggest is pictures should be colourful for the children (guardians too) to like.. we don't mind paying little more , a broad size of the book, colourful pictures and bigger fonts can make it one of the greatest possessions. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book,which is the first step to love history *by S***P on 16 August 2021* This one is one of the best books of Indian history which is narrated and written in best way..It has great illustrations and the way of language is so easy to understand. I did found this book in the library 3 years back and read it at that time.I was in 5th standard,and read it wholly. I didn't had any idea about history and got great knowledge until in 6th I got History as part of my subject. But after sometime I forgot about this library book,when I was in 7th, I remembered only its author's name "Subhadra Sen Gupta " I wanted this book again...and so I got my dad booked it again for my great interest over it. Now I have it...and it helps me a ton in my homework when I would not be able to read the lengthy chapters of my ncert textbook. ## Frequently Bought Together - A CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF INDIA (PB) - The History of India for Children - (Vol. 1): From Prehistory To The Sultanates [Paperback] Archana Garodia Gupta,Shruti Garodia - The History of India for Children - (Vol. 2): From The Mughals To The Present --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/64755573-a-childrens-history-of-india](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/64755573-a-childrens-history-of-india) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-06-02*