Arvind P. Jamkhedkar
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
SECTION I: Environmental History of India: Methodology and Scope
Ranjan Chakrabarti
Environmental History of India: An Introduction
Mayank Kumar
Sources, Environment and Historians
SECTION II: Rivers and Water
Gopa Samanta
Environmental History of Water in Indian Cities
M. Amirthalingam
History of Waterbodies in India
SECTION III: Forest, Land Use, Wildlife and Animals
Nanditha Krishna
Ancient Forests and Sacred Groves
Anantanarayan Raman
Plant Domestication and Evolution of Agriculture in India
Nirmal Mahato
Environmental Change and Forest Conservancy in Southwest Bengal (1890–1964)
Kakoli Sinha Roy
Hunting, Wildlife and Preservation in Colonial India (1850–1947)
SECTION IV: Climate and Disaster
Michel Danino
Climate, Environment and the Harappan Civilization
M. Amirthalingam
History of Earthquakes in India
Mili Ghose
Cyclones of Coastal Eastern India
Sajal Nag
Climatic Change and Its Impact on North East India
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