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    A winter in India : light impressions of its cities, peoples, and customs / Archibald B. Spens ; with a new introduction by Peter Robb. by Spens, Archibald B.

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Port Said and the Suez Canal -- Toussoum -- Red Sea -- Aden -- Umballa -- Peshawar and Khyber Pass -- Lahore -- Amritsar -- Simla -- Patiala -- Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra -- Cawnpore -- Lucknow -- Benares -- Delhi -- Gwalior -- Jaipur -- Amber -- Bombay -- The Suez Canal by Count Charles De Lesseps.…”
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    Pakistan? / edited by Ziauddin Sardar and Robin Yassin-Kassab.

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…; KARACHI IN FRAGMENTS; PESHAWAR BLUES; QUETTA DIVISIONS; BREAKING NEWS; BEYOND THE IMAGINARIUM; FOUND IN TRANSLATION; IBN-E-SAFI, BA; PAPERBACK WRITERS; COKE STUDIO; DISCOVERING THE MATRIX; NOT TALKING ABOUT PAKISTAN; ART AND LETTERS; SHORT STORY: PRINCESS MAHRUKH AND THE MAGIC HORSE; SHORT STORY: KIRATPUR; POEMS; ATIA JILANI: WRITING THE QUR'AN; ET CETERA; ASSESSMENT: IMRAN KHAN; TEN THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT PAKISTAN; CITATIONS; LAST WORD: ON VISITING PAKISTAN; CONTRIBUTORS…”
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    Connecting Histories in Afghanistan : Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier. by Hanifi, Shah Mahmoud

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Capital Concentrations and Coordinations: Peshawar Subsidies and Kabul Workshops.…”
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    The Story of India Spice Routes and Silk Roads / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…India: 200 B.C. to 300 A.D. (1:26) -- Importance of the Monsoon To Traders (1:24) -- Boat Builders of Kerala, India (1:50) -- India's Spice Trade (1:27) -- Indian Food (1:00) -- Indian-Roman Trade (1:13) -- Famous Indian Port (1:46) -- Living Presence of the Past (1:10) -- Classical Civilization of Southern India (2:05) -- Goddess of the City (1:22) -- Tamil Manuscript (1:24) -- Madurai: Market Place to the World (1:28) -- India's Gold (1:43) -- Silk Road (1:18) -- Ancient Civilization of the Kushan (2:02) -- Kushan Inscriptions (1:23) -- Kushan Empire Flourishes (1:20) -- Peshawar: Kushan Capital (2:18) -- Silk: Rich Cargo (1:00) -- Excavation in Peshawar (0:21) -- King Kanishka's Burial Mound (2:52) -- Descriptions of Kanishka's Stupa (2:10) -- Buddha's Ashes (1:58) -- Kushan Empire (1:15) -- Kanishka's Capital in Matura (1:34) -- Matura: City of the Gods (1:06) -- Kushan: Bringers of Peace (0:54) -- Ayurveda Medicine (1:39) -- Ayurveda: Passed from Master to Student (0:59) -- Buddhism in China (1:26) -- Death of Kanishka (1:26) -- Cycle Plays about Krishna (1:16) -- Kushan Temple Ruins (1:40) -- Kushan Legacy (1:30)…”
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    A political and economic history of the Jews of Afghanistan by Sara Koplik. by Koplik, Sara

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…Minorities under Kalakani -- Muhammad Nadir's Rise -- The Rule of Muhammad Nadir Shah: Pacification and Consolidation -- Chapter 4 Northern Afghanistan's Soviet Refugee Crisis (1932-1936) -- Causes of the Refugee Crisis -- Consequences for Central Asian Jewry -- Afghan Response to Refugees -- Muslim Refugees -- Christian Refugees -- Jewish Refugees: Petitioning for Assistance -- Viewing Refugees as Spies: Afghan and British Perceptions -- Comparing Refugee Policy in Afghanistan and Persia -- The Expulsion of the Local Jewish Population -- Riot in Herat during the Summer of 1935 -- Implications of the Expulsion of the Afghanistani Jews from the North -- British Jewry's Reactions to the Afghanistani Community -- Official British Response -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Afghan Economic Policies in the 1930s -- Economic Policies: The Bank-i Milli and the Rise of the MonopolySystem -- The Shirkat System's Impact on the Karakul Trade -- Political Aims of the Monopoly System: Limiting Soviet Influence -- Case Study: Jacob Pinhas, a Jewish Karakul Trader -- Consequences of the Monopoly System: An Economic Downturn -- Successful Opposition to the Shirkat System: The Fruit Trade -- Da Afghanistan Bank: A Failed Check on the Power of the Bank-i Milli -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 World War II's Impact on Afghanistan -- Pre-War Anxiety -- German Influence -- The Nazi Party in Afghanistan -- Nazi Influenced Anti-Semitism -- 'Abd al-Majid Khan: Primary Negotiator with the Third Reich -- Link between anti-Communism and anti-Semitism in Afghan Policy -- Replacing German Specialists with Jews: First Contact between Afghanistan and the Yishuv -- The Precarious Situation of Jews in Afghanistan during World War II -- Refugee Crisis in India: A Precarious Medical and Legal Situation -- Causes of Refugee Crisis -- Deportation from Peshawar -- Negotiating with British Authorities.…”
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