industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan … institutions. It offers instead a groundbreaking rereading of global economic development that ranges from India, Japan and China …

"Cross-cultural exchange has characterized the economic life of India since antiquity. Its long coastline has afforded … Asian historian, describes the ties of trade, migration, and investment between India and the rest of the world, showing how … changing patterns of globalization reverberated on economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India. Along the …