{"title":"Ancient \u0026 Early India","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore India’s ancient and early history through books on the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic India, early kingdoms, archaeology, classical traditions, and the origins of Indian society and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"11206-the-golden-legend-of-india","title":"The Golden Legend Of India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: William Henry Robinson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Rupa\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 172\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8129101165\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is entirely based upon an ancient narrative of human life, contained in the very oldest - and therefore purest - sacred writings of Indian Antiquity. It is called The Story of Sunahsepha, a Sanskrit name corresponding exactly to the Greek word \"Cynosure\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of India's God-Given Cynosure.  A Vedic theme of human life and divine wisdom, ordained to be rehearsed at coronations of Indian kings.  A faithful paraphrase in English verse side by side with a literal translation.  Illustrated with copious notes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Harischandra’s Rajasuya celebrations, including the hundred verses from the Rig-veda are treated herein as a whole. Harischandra is still commemorated as an ancestor in the gatherings of Brahmins. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecital of these verses used to be deemed important and necessary during the coronation of kings of various dynasties in ancient India. Robinson’s unique mastery of the subject and language ensures faithful reproduction of the remarkable literary skill and vein of true poetry of ancient India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePROLOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Description of the Legend\u003cbr\u003eIts Recital at Kings’ Coronations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LEGEND, STORY OF SUNAHSEPHA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto I: Sonship\u003cbr\u003eEpode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto II: Righteousness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto III: Guidance\u003cbr\u003eEpode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto IV: Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eEpode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto V: Liberation\u003cbr\u003eEpode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto VI: Crowning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eThe Morning’s Religious Rites\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eThe Final State Ceremonies\u003cbr\u003eEpode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanto VII: Exaltation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eThe Coronation Banquet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eAdoption of Sunahsepha\u003cbr\u003eEpode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eAfter The Recital\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"William Henry Robinson \/ Rupa \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776163590313,"sku":"11206","price":14.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11206_1383af3f-4371-48eb-baf8-101bc04ebe77.jpg?v=1625494471"},{"product_id":"11343-cultural-pasts-essays-in-early-indian-history","title":"Cultural Pasts - Essays in Early Indian History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Romila Thapar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 1156\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 019 5664876\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Collection of papers and lectures on early Indian history by one of India’s foremost historian focuses on historiography and the changing dimensions of social and cultural history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays have been grouped thematically in nine sections: historiography; social and cultural transactions; archaeology and history; pre-Mauryan and Mauryan India; forms of exchange; the society of heroes in the epics and the later tradition of venerating heroes; genealogies and origin myths; the social context of the renouncer; and the present in the past, which looks at how current ideologies make use of the early past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collective publication of these important pieces-written over the last forty years and published in various journals-makes them newly accessible to Professor Thapar’s many readers. This volume will be indispensable to students and scholars of early Indian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese writings are significant not only for their widely appealing critique of communal interpretations of history, but also for their epistemological integrity…Written in elegant and powerful prose, the essays…are eminently readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Rajan Gurukkal, The Book Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of…51 essays spanning over four decades (1955-1997) represents and enormously vast and rich canvas…These essays have created new conceptual vocabulary for the writing and study of early Indian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Krishna Mohan Shrimali, Outlook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistoriography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial and Cultural Transactions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchaeology and History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePre-Mauryan and Mauryan India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForms of Exchange\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Heroes and History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenealogies and Origin Myths as Historical Sources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Renouncer in a Social Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Present in the Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Romila Thapar \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776167260329,"sku":"11343","price":59.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11343_d8b0f896-32eb-4b78-9e10-f59191a4e072.jpg?v=1625567495"},{"product_id":"12692-the-cultural-heritage-of-india-6-volume-set","title":"The Cultural Heritage of India    (6 Volume Set)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Suniti Kumar Chatterji\/Priyadaranjan Ray et al\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ramakrishna Mission\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 4249\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8187332050\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First historic work, this 6-volume Encyclopedia of Indian Culture, is a combined intelligence of all India giving a complete and connected story of her culture and civilization. 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The printing and the get-up are simply superb.\u003cbr\u003e—The Philosophical Quarterly, India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most notable enterprises of its kind yet attempted in any Asiatic country reached fruition in India recently with the publication of three volumes in which a survey is made of the whole field of India religion, history, and culture.\u003cbr\u003e—The Straits Times, Singapore, S.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cultural Heritage of India is a monumental compendium of the treasures of Indian thought of centuries.\u003cbr\u003e—Romain Rolland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volumes are a contribution of these volumes will prove to be of great serving not only to India, but also to the rest of the world, where ignorance of India and Indian culture has been a very great obstacle to the due appreciation of the part played by India and Indian in the civilization and progress civilization and progress of the world.\u003cbr\u003e—General J.B.M. Hertzog, sometime Prime Minister \u003cbr\u003eof the Union of South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work that is encyclopedic in scope. . . The vigor with which India is asserting her individuality and cultural importance points towards a renaissance that will enrich not only India, but the rest of the world as well.\u003cbr\u003e—The New York Times, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe get from the encyclopedic book the impression of a people who at their best display the most exquisite refinement of feeling, the subtlest grace, the nicest delicacy . . . And it may happen that it will be to India, as well as to Palestine, that we shall have to look for the spirit which will unite men in building a Kingdom of God upon earth.\u003cbr\u003e—The Times Literary Supplement, London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOLUME I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SPIRIT OF INDIA\u003cbr\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITORS’ PREFACE\u003cbr\u003eSuniti Kumar Chatterji, M A, D LIT\u003cbr\u003eA D Pusalker, M A, LLB, PH.D.\u003cbr\u003eNalinaksha Dutt, MA, B L, PH.D., D. LIT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eTHE BACKGROUND OF INDIAN CULTURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Geographical Background of Indian Culture\u003cbr\u003eRace and Race Movements in India\u003cbr\u003eRegional Structure of India in Relation to Language and History\u003cbr\u003eLinguistic Survey of India: Languages and Scripts\u003cbr\u003eContributions from Different Language-Culture Groups\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II \u003cbr\u003ePREHISTORIC INDIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Stone Age in India\u003cbr\u003eIndus Valley Civilization\u003cbr\u003eThe Origin of the Indo-Aryans\u003cbr\u003eCultural Interrelation Between India and the Outside World Before Asoka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eVEDIC CIVILIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Religio-Philosophic Culture of India\u003cbr\u003eThe Vedas and their Religious Teachings\u003cbr\u003eVedic Culture\u003cbr\u003eVedic Society\u003cbr\u003eVedic Rituals\u003cbr\u003eThe Vedangas\u003cbr\u003eYaska and Panini\u003cbr\u003eVedic Exegesis\u003cbr\u003eThe Dawn of Indian Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eA Bird’s Eye View of the Upanisads\u003cbr\u003eMystical Approach in the Upanisads\u003cbr\u003eUpanisadic Meditation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003eJAINISM AND BUDDHISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSramana or Non-Brahmanical Sects\u003cbr\u003eJainism: Its History, Principles, and Precepts\u003cbr\u003eJainism: Its Philosophy and Ethics\u003cbr\u003eSome Fundamental Principles of Jainism\u003cbr\u003eSome Aspects of Early Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eSchools and Sects of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eEmergence of Mahayana Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eMahayanic Pantheon\u003cbr\u003eKarma\u003cbr\u003eNirvana\u003cbr\u003eBuddhism in Relation To Vedanta\u003cbr\u003eBuddhism in Indian Life and Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eDr. C P Ramaswami Aiyar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eTHE TWO GREAT EPICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassical Sanskrit as a Vehicle of Indian Culture\u003cbr\u003eThe Ramayana: Its History and Character\u003cbr\u003eThe Culture of the Ramayana\u003cbr\u003eThe Mahabharata: Its History and Character\u003cbr\u003eThe Mahabharata: Some Aspects of its Culture\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Philosophy of the Epics\u003cbr\u003eThe Influence of the Epics on Indian Life and Literature\u003cbr\u003eThe Ramayana and the Mahabharata in South-East Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eTHE GITA LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bhagavad-Gita: A General Review of its History and Character\u003cbr\u003eThe Teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita\u003cbr\u003eThe Religion of the Bhagavad-Gita\u003cbr\u003eThe Bhagavad-Gita: Its Synthetic Character\u003cbr\u003eThe Bhagavad-Gita: Its Early Commentaries\u003cbr\u003eImitations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Later Gita Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eTHE PURANAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndian Mythology\u003cbr\u003eThe Puranas\u003cbr\u003eThe Upapuranas\u003cbr\u003eThe Ethics of the Puranas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003eTHE DHARMA-SASTRAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dharma-Sotras and the Dharma-Sastras\u003cbr\u003eThe Smrtis: Their Outlook and Character\u003cbr\u003eThe Manu Samhita\u003cbr\u003eThe Nibandhas\u003cbr\u003ePenances and Vows\u003cbr\u003eThe Hindu Sacraments (Samskaras)\u003cbr\u003eThe Historical Background and Theoretic Basis of Hindu Law\u003cbr\u003eThe Hindu Judicial System\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V\u003cbr\u003eARTHA-SASTRA, NITI-SASTRA, AND OTHER SOURCES OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA General survey of the Literature of Artha-Sastra and Niti-Sastra\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Organization: The Monarchical States\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Organization: Republics and Mixed Constitutions\u003cbr\u003eThe State in Relation to Religion in Ancient India\u003cbr\u003eSome aspects of Social and Political Evolution in India\u003cbr\u003eSome Basic Ideas of Political thinking in Ancient India\u003cbr\u003eThe Tiru-K-Kural\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian Social Organization: An Anthropological Study\u003cbr\u003eSome Aspects of Social Life in Ancient India\u003cbr\u003eMonasticism in India\u003cbr\u003eSome Aspects of the position of women in Ancient India\u003cbr\u003eSome Reflections on the Ideals of Indian Womanhood\u003cbr\u003eForeign Elements in Indian Population\u003cbr\u003eSome Experiments in Social, Reform in Mediaeval, India\u003cbr\u003eAncient Indian Education\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Ideas of the Hindus\u003cbr\u003eGuilds and other Corporate Bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eTHE PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRise of the Philosophical Schools\u003cbr\u003eThe Samkhya\u003cbr\u003eYoga Psychology\u003cbr\u003eNyaya-Vaisesika\u003cbr\u003eNavya-Nyaya\u003cbr\u003ePurva-Mimamsa\u003cbr\u003eMaterialists, Sceptics, and Agnostics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eTHE VEDANTA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrahma-Mimamsa\u003cbr\u003eEssentials of Vedanta\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy of the Advaita\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosphy of Sankara\u003cbr\u003eThe Advaita and its Spiritual Significance\u003cbr\u003ePost-Sankara Advaita\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy of the Bhagavata\u003cbr\u003eThe Visistadvaita of Ramanuja\u003cbr\u003eMadhva’s Brahma-Mimamsa\u003cbr\u003eThe Nimbarka School of Vedanta\u003cbr\u003eThe School of Vallabha\u003cbr\u003eBhedabheda School of Vedanta\u003cbr\u003eThe Acintya-Bhedabheda School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eTHE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophy of Saivism\u003cbr\u003eThe Path of Yoga in the Gita\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy of the Yogavasistha\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy of the Tantras\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophy of Mysticism\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy in Popular Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligion of the Nyaya and Vaisesika\u003cbr\u003eNature of the Soul\u003cbr\u003eNature of the Physical World\u003cbr\u003eNature of Mind and its Activities\u003cbr\u003eExtra-Sensory and Super conscious Experiences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V\u003cbr\u003eTHE PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndian Theism\u003cbr\u003eIndian Epistemology\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Philosophical Disputation\u003cbr\u003eIndian Psychology\u003cbr\u003eTypes of Human Nature\u003cbr\u003eIndian Ethics\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy of Values\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eRELIGIOUS SECTS AND CULTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvolution of Religio-Philosophic Culture in India\u003cbr\u003eAn Historical Sketch of Saivism\u003cbr\u003eKashmir Saivism\u003cbr\u003eVirasaivism\u003cbr\u003eEarly History of Vaisnavism\u003cbr\u003eBhagavata Religion: The Cult of Bhakti\u003cbr\u003eThe Vaikhanasas\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Evolution of Sri-Vaisnavism in South India\u003cbr\u003eA Survey of the Caitanya Movement\u003cbr\u003eSankara Deva and the Vaisnava Movement in Assam\u003cbr\u003eEvolution of the Tantras\u003cbr\u003eTantra as a way of Realization\u003cbr\u003eThe Spirit and Culture of the Tantras\u003cbr\u003eSakti Cult in South India\u003cbr\u003eTantrika Culture among the Buddhists\u003cbr\u003eThe Cult of the Buddhist Siddhacaryas\u003cbr\u003eThe Natha Cult\u003cbr\u003eSome Later Yogic Schools\u003cbr\u003eThe Doctrinal Culture and Tradition of the Siddhas\u003cbr\u003eSkanda cult in South India\u003cbr\u003eThe Religion of the Sikh Gurus\u003cbr\u003eCult-Syncretism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eTHE SAINTS AND THEIR TEACHINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Saiva Saints of South India\u003cbr\u003eThe Vaisnava Saints of Karnataka\u003cbr\u003eThe Maharastra Saints and Their Teachings\u003cbr\u003eThe Mediaeval Mystics of North India\u003cbr\u003eTulasidasa and his Teachings\u003cbr\u003eSakti-Worship and the Sakta Saints\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eRELIGION IN PRACTICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligious beliefs of the Indian Tribes\u003cbr\u003eA Glimpse into Hindu Religious Symbolism\u003cbr\u003eRituals of Worship\u003cbr\u003eIndian 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However, none of these re-written histories of India has so far come to light. Here is one. The author has done the job of exhumation of debris, that was deposited by the Vandal Aryans in course of their ruthless invasions and conquest of this country. It is revealed that ancient India was ruled by a rational group called Assura. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were fabulously wealthy with a tremendous economic resource based in nature and a developed socio-economic structure. The Assura civilization of India had a high level of culture, literature and learning. They had a religion of their own called Satyadhrma or Buddhism. India thus experienced the fist Crusade and the establishment of first colony in the world. Foreign people and foreign religion enslaved the land and its indigenous population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndian Assura civilization of around 2000 B C was n integral part of the cradle of civilizations of this globe, the Middle-East-Mediterranean region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile dealing with the subject the Vedas have been used as basic source material. Thus the author has proved that the Vedic literature are not just mythology to amuse men, women and children but are full with the pith of history. 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Jayaraman \u003cbr\u003e8.\tThe Spiritual Basis of Indian Culture— Swami Brahmeshananda \u003cbr\u003e9.\tIndian Cultural Values for the Youth— Swami Abhiramananda \u003cbr\u003e10.\tIndian Culture and Indian Youth— Aravindan Neelkandan \u003cbr\u003e11.\tSwami Vivekananda: The Bridge between Ancient and Modern Indian Culture— Krishnaraj Vanavaraya \u003cbr\u003e12.\tWhat Indian Youth Need to Know About Indian Culture— M Pramod Kumar \u003cbr\u003e13.\tThe Sound of Yoga— Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani \u003cbr\u003e14.\tYoga-Vedanta Tradition of Meditation— Swami Nityasthananda \u003cbr\u003e15.\tSat Chit Ananda—The Philosophy of the Upanishads— Swami Sarvapriyananda \u003cbr\u003e16.\tBhakti in Indian Culture— Swami Lakshmidharananda \u003cbr\u003e17.\tOrigin of the Vedic Culture— NVC Swamy \u003cbr\u003e18.\tUniqueness of Indian Culture— K S Subramaniyam \u003cbr\u003e19.\tWhat Man Wants —N Gokulmuthu \u003cbr\u003e20.\tConnecting the Dots— Sheenu Srinivasan \u003cbr\u003e21.\tWhy Be Proud of Being an Indian?— Michel Danino \u003cbr\u003e22.\tIndia’s Culture, Society and Economy — Its Past, Present and Future— S. 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A.D. 300-700\u003cbr\u003eThe rule of the Guptas\u003cbr\u003eHun invasions\u003cbr\u003eSome post-Gupta dynasties\u003cbr\u003eThe reign of Harsha\u003cbr\u003eChanging agrarian relations\u003cbr\u003eTrade The Pattern of living \u003cbr\u003eEducation and learning\u003cbr\u003eHindu art and architecture\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment in Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eChanges in Hinduism\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophical schools\u003cbr\u003eIndian contacts with China and south-east Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 8\u003cbr\u003eCONFLICT IN THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM C.A. 500-900\u003cbr\u003eThe Chalukya, Pallava and Pandya conflicts\u003cbr\u003ePolitical organization and administration\u003cbr\u003eThe agrarian system\u003cbr\u003eThe status of the brahman\u003cbr\u003eThe philosophy of Shankara\u003cbr\u003eThe growth of Tamil literature\u003cbr\u003eThe Tamil devotional cult\u003cbr\u003eMural painting in the Deccan\u003cbr\u003eTemple architecture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 9\u003cbr\u003eTHE SOUTH IN THE ASCENDANT C. A.D. 900-1300\u003cbr\u003eThe rise of the Cholas\u003cbr\u003eChola administration\u003cbr\u003eThe village in the Chola economy\u003cbr\u003eTrade\u003cbr\u003eThe role of the temple in Chola society\u003cbr\u003eThe development of the languages of the peninsula\u003cbr\u003ePopular cults and sects\u003cbr\u003eThe philosophy of Ramanuja and Madhva\u003cbr\u003eArchitecture and sculpture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 10\u003cbr\u003eTHE BEGINNINGS OF REGIONAL STATES IN NORTHERN INDIA C. 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Dr. Sharma's book has a better balance between theory and practice than most books on the subject.  There can be no question, however, that this is one of the major publications in the field which no serious student of ancient Indian politics can ignore.                                     - J W Spellman, University of Windsor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revised edition is clear in exposition,  up-to-date in method, and displays remarkable power in handling masses of material.  It is by far the best summary of the present state of our knowledge of ancient Indian thought and institutions which is now available.  This is a first rate book, which is as interesting as it is scholarly.                                   - Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eRoman equivalents of Nagari letters\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eHistoriography of Ancient Indian Polity up to 1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eSources and Method\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eThe Saptanga Theory of the State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eTheories of Property\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eThe Contract Theory of the Origin of the State : An Historical Survey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eTheory of \"Oriental Despotism\" : A Socio-Economic Critique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eVidatha : The Earliest Folk-Assembly of the Indo-Aryans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eSabha and Samiti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eThe Vedic Gana and the Origin of the Post-Vedic Republics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eThe Early parisad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eRatnahavimsi Ceremony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eTribal and Primitive Aspects of the Later Vedic Polity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eKin-conflicts and Rise of Hierarchy in Later Vedic Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eFrom Gopati to Bhupati : Changing Position of the King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eTaxation and State Formation in Northern India in Pre-Maurya Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eVarna in Relation to Law and Politics (C.B.C. 600-A.D.500)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Politics in the Arthasastra of Kautilya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003eThe Satavahana Polity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX\u003cbr\u003eThe Kusana Polity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX\u003cbr\u003eKusana Elements in the Gupta Polity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI\u003cbr\u003eThe Gupta Polity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII\u003cbr\u003eStages in Ancient Indian Polity : Vedic and Post-Vedic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII\u003cbr\u003eStages in Ancient Indian Polity : Maurya and Later\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV\u003cbr\u003eRecapitulation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ram Sharan Sharma \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776670314665,"sku":"6556","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/6556_7b383b4a-8918-4974-bfcd-d9415db6e7d2.jpg?v=1625529470"},{"product_id":"6740-the-indus-script-and-the-rg-veda","title":"The Indus Script and the Rg-Veda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Egbert Richter-Ushanas\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 326\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8120814053\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe approach to a decipherment presented in this volume makes avail of a bilingual, too, but its master key is the discovering of the symbolic and linguistic connection of the Indus signs with the Rg-Veda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the publication of the concordances of the inscriptions of the Indus seals many people have been working on the solution of the riddle presented by the 5000 years old script of the Indus valley.  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Binay Bhushan Chaudhurie’s focus is on tribe-caste relationship.  His analysis reveals that such concepts as ‘Hinduization’, ‘tribe-caste continuum’, ‘tribalization’, etc., used in anthropology and history prove to be rather weak in representing this relationship.  Sabyasachi Bhattacharya deals with ‘regional’ history.  He analyses the concept of region and the way it is used in historical studies.  He suggests regional-nation approach in this context to which Surendra Gopal introduces ‘local’ history and demonstrates the meaningfulness of local-regional-national approaches.  K.S. 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To say that Hinduism has for centuries been the mainstay of Indian culture is hardly enough to explain its roots, since Hinduism itself is nothing short of multiverse, with a mind-boggling range of philosophical systems, religious beliefs and practices, from the highest flight of metaphysics to the simplest folk cults. And the outstanding essentials of Indian culture are the tradition of tolerance, sense of synthesis, universal outlook, respect for the individual, emphasis on the right conduct, literary and artistic heritage, social structure and the aims of life, attitude towards the woman-hood, Dama, Dana and Daya (DA, DA, DA), harmony with nature, protest movements – Buddhism, Jainism and Bhakti Movements, all are judiciously incorporated in the present monograph.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt opens with a critical survey of religion, art and culture and their impact on people and society at large.  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Whereas in these instances the historian safely relies on some genuine historical texts, reflecting the twofold principle of narration and inquiry, in the history of the contemporary and earlier periods, the historian working on ancient Indian history, handicapped by the absence of such texts, is forced to rest content with whatever information is obtainable from literature, coins, monuments, sculpture and archeological explorations and excavations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe historical information thus derived is not only meagre but also biased and contrary in nature, and as such the history of any part of ancient India compiled on the basis of such materials can hardly attain the desired level of excellence in point of accuracy, acumen and arrangement of historical phenomena in proper time and space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe problems arising from the limitation of his source materials are great and varied, and yet the historian can hardly afford to neglect his documents or to quarrel with his data, however inadequate, disjointed and incoherent they may be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe key to writing the history of ancient India lies in the proper processing, assessment and understanding of data and in formulating concepts and generalisations underlying the body of data. 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