Latest Book

India: A History in Objects

My new book, India: a History in Objects, is a product of thirty-two years at the British Museum. During this time, scholarship, aesthetics and expectations have changed substantially. My new history, using objects as well as the more usual texts, gives a voice to populations without written history, as well as providing a different and aesthetically pleasing way into an understanding of Indian history. My text begins 1.5 million years ago and ends with the work of living artists from all the countries of South Asia.