Explorations in the History of South Asia assembles a wide-ranging collection of articles written in honour of one of the outstanding historians of India, Dietmar Rotheremund. The essays reflect the span of Rothermund's academic productivity. The first part which is dedicated to India's foreign relations, not only with Germany, but also with her neighbours in the Indian Ocean, is followed by a close look at the relationship between states, courts and religion in premodern contexts. The third part contains articles on India's colonial experience, while the fourth focuses on developments of the post-colonial states, tackling questions of identity, nationhood and political movements. This volume has contributions by C S Mohanavelu, M Mann, J H Voigt, R Ptak, A Das Gupta, O Prakash, H Kulke, T Frasch, R Chakravarti, G Berkemer, M Horstmann, J K Bautz, A R Kulkarni, M M Islam, R E Frykenberg, K McPherson, A Satyanarayana, J Malik, H Fischer-Tin, B Dahm, M Roberts, P S Ghosh, D Hellmann-Rajanayagam, I Baloch, S K Mitra and D Conrad. Published in association with South Asia Institute, New Delhi Branch.