从1987年起,剑桥大学出版社开始出版戈登·约翰逊、C.A.贝利和约翰·理查兹主编的《新剑桥印度史》丛书,截至目前已陆续出版23卷。与50年前E.J.拉普森、沃尔斯利·黑格和亨利·多德韦尔等主编的《剑桥印度史》(1922—1937年,共6卷,第二卷未能出版)相比,无论在形式上,还是在内容上,《新剑桥印度史》都发生了根本性的变化。事实上,与以《剑桥印度史》为代表的正统印度史学相比,《新剑桥印度史》代表了一种崭新的印度史学,差不多 Since 1987, Cambridge University Press has started publishing “New Cambridge History of India” series by Gordon Johnson, C.A. Bailey and John Richards, and has published 23 volumes so far. Compared with “Cambridge History of India” (6 volumes in 1922-1937, volume 2 failed to be published) edited by EJ Rapson, Walsley Hague and Henry Dwight, 50 years ago In both form and content, fundamental changes have taken place in the history of New Cambridge. In fact, compared with the orthodox Indian historiography represented by “Cambridge History of India”, “New Cambridge History of India” represents a brand new Indian history, almost