Encyclopaedia of Indian Army (9 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Military in Ancient India: Foreword. Preface. 1. Warfare: Vedic period. 2. Warfare: Post-Vedic age. 3. Military system in epic period. 4. Development of the military system (Circa 500 B.C.--400 A.D.). 5. The Post-Mauryan military developments. 6. Military system during the Gupta age. 7. Warfare: Gupta and Post-Gupta age. 8. When Jumbo went to war. 9. Chanakya--a Prodigy. 10. Kautilya's contributions to the Art of War. 11. Kautilya excels Sun Tzu and Machiavelli. 12. Mahabharat. 13. Alexander's battle with Poros: strategy and tactics. 14. Indian Army through the ages. Index. Vol. II: Military in Medieval India: Foreword. Preface. 1. Military system: ancient India. 2. The Rajput Military System. 3. Babur's Army. 4. Akbar's military system. 5. The Military system of the Mughals - I. 6. Military system of the Mughals - II. 7A. The military system of the Marathas. 7B. The Military system of the Marathas. 8. Military system of Sur Afghans. 9. Military system of the later Mughals. 10. The end of medieval warfare in India. 11. Armies of India from the Aryans to the Marathas. 12. Invasions of India. 13. Panipat. Index. Vol. III: Military in British Period: Foreword. Preface. 1. The battle of Plassey, 1757. 2. The Khalsa Army. 3. The Presidency Armies in War before 1857. 4. The Presidency Armies under the crown and their unification (1858-1895). 5. The myth of the martial race Dogma. 6. Class composition in the Army. 7. Indian army in World War one. 8. Indianization of the Indian Army between the world wars. 9. The War years (1939-1945). 10. Uniforms of the Indian Soldier Plassy to partition. 11. British Army Re-organisation at a glance. 12. Indian National Army (INA). Index. Vol. IV: Indian Army: an Overview: Foreword. Preface. 1. A Short history of Indian Army. 2. Military strategic thought. 3. The evolution of Modern Indian Army. 4. Indian Army since independence. 5. Wars and conflicts since independence. 6A. The Gallantry Awards in India. 6B. Winners of Param Vir Chakra. 7. Outline structure of the army. 8. Armoured regiments. 9. The infantry regiments. 10A. Artillery. 10B. Surveillance and target acquisition. 10C. Air Defence Artillery. 10D. Air observation post. 10E. Development of Modern Indian guns. 10F. Regimental institutions. 11. Corps of engineers. 12. Corps of signals. 13. Army Service Corps. 14. Army Medical Corps (AMC). 15. Army Ordnance Corps. 16. Corps of electrical and mechanical engineers. 17. Intelligence corps. 18. Remounts and veterinary Corps. 19. Military farms. 20. Army education corps. 21. Army postal service corps. 22. National Cadet Corps. 23. Territorial Army. 24. Para Military forces. Index. Vol. V: Higher Defence Control: Foreword. Preface. 1. National Security Council (NSC) resolution. 2. Ministry of Defence. 2A. Defence production and supplies. 2B. Defence research and development. 2C. Inter-service organisations. 2D. Recruitment and training. 2E. Cooperation between the Armed Forces and Civil Authorities. 2F. National Cadet Corps. 2G. Miscellaneous. 3. Recommendations of Kargil Review Committee: National Security System. 4. Higher Defence Organisation in India. 5. Higher Defence Organisation. 6. Restructuring of Defence forces including the Ministry of Defence. 7. Management of defence. 8. Defence budgeting. 9. Arms procurement decision making. 10. Army and politics in India. 11. Role of military in democracy. 12. Need for closer Tri-service integration and validity of the Integrated theatre concept for the Indian Armed Forces. 13. Structuring the army for improved effectiveness. 14. India's nuclear doctrine. 15. Threats to National security: Part I and II. Index. Vol. VI: Conflicts: Post-Independence--I: Foreword. Preface. 1A. Operations in Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48. 1B. Instrument of accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. 1C. Complaint to UN. 2A. India-China Border question. 2B. The Thirty One Days War. 2C. The Thirty One Days War--The aftermath. 2D. The Indo-Chinese Border dispute and its settlement. 2E. Proposals of the conference of six non-aligned nations held at Colombo, 10 to 12 December, 1962 on India-China conflict. 3A. Extracts from War despatches--Indo Pak conflict 1965. 3B. XI Corps Operations. 3C. I Corps Operations. 3D. Logistic support. 3E. The balance sheet. 3F. Lessons learnt. 4. Extract from the Book, my version: India Pakistan War 1965. 5A. Tashkent declaration. 5B. Agreement on withdrawal of troops from occupied areas, 1966. Index. Vol. VII: Conflicts: Post Independence - II (1971 India-Pakistan War): Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2A. Extracts from Government of India report on 1971 War. 2B. India caught in the turmoil. 2C. Mukti Bahini: an overview. 2D. The crisis deepens (September to November 1971). 2E. The Pakistani surrender. 2F. Review and reflections. 2G. Role of the BSF in the Bangladesh liberation struggle. 3A. Extracts from Major General D.K. Palit's Book: the lightening campaign. 3B. The lightning concept.  3C. Twelve days to Dacca. 3D. Surrender at Dacca. 3E. Commentary on the 1971 Bangladesh War. 4A. Hamoodur Rehman Report: an extract of the secret inquiry by Pakistan. 4B1. Extract from Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report, on Inquiry into 1971 War as declassified by the Government of Pakistan. 4B2. Military concept of National Defence. 4B3. The formulation of defence plans. 4B4. The evaluation of the Indian threat. 4B5. The state of preparedness of the Armed Forces. 4B6. Events in East Pakistan preceding Indian Invasion. 4B7. Events in East Pakistan from 20 November to 3 December 1971. 4B8. All out War from 3 December 1971. 4B9. The role of the Navy in East Pakistan. Index. Vol. VIII: Conflicts: Post Independence -- III: Foreword. Preface. 1. Operation Blue Star extracted from the white paper. 2A. Indian Army in Sri Lanka. 2B. Operation Pawan. 2C. Peace Keeping in Sri Lanka. 2D. I P K F in Sri Lanka. 3. Operation Cactus (Maldives). 4. Battle for Siachen: beginning of the Third War. 5A. Operations in Kargil--May 1999. 5B. Lessons from the Kargil conflict. 5C. Kargil : an independent view. 5D. Looking back on Kargil War. 6A. Tribes of the north-east frontier. 6B. Counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast. 6C. Insurgency in the North East: Part I. 6D. Insurgency in the North East: Part II. 7A. An overview of Indian Army's participation in UN Peacekeeping Missions. 7B. UN Peacekeeping Operations. Index. Vol. IX: India's Defence Related Treaties and Issues: Foreword. Preface. Definitions/explanations. 1. India-J and K-Pakistan-Others. 2. India-China-Tibet-Others. 3. India-neighbouring countries-others. 4. Important river water treaties/Agreement. 5. Brief description of the law of the sea, and India's maritime boundaries. 6. Arms control and denial regimes. 7. Internal security. 8. National Security Council (NSC) resolution. Bibliography. Index. "The Encyclopaedia on Indian Army covers the evolution, statecraft and warfare from Vedic period updated to the modern times. A study on wide canvas was carried out and articles by eminent writers were selected subject-wise and presented in a chronology to facilitate general reading and also to provide a platform for research at strategic level. As many views as were possible have been reflected to bring in the balance. The Encyclopaedia has been set out in nine volumes.