Shattered Lands : Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

Explore how five pivotal partitions transformed modern Asia through this sweeping historical account. Just over a century ago, vast territories spanning from the Red Sea to Southeast Asia—including present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Gulf states—existed as a single imperial dominion housing a quarter of humanity's population. This book traces how the fragmentation of this massive domain reshaped the political, cultural, and religious landscape of an entire continent.