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It belongs to the genre of Radhakrishnan’s Hindu View of Life and Basham’s The Wonder That Was India, Distils the wisdom of the past and opens a new approach in understanding the caste system, Brilliant, forward-looking and holistic, Recommended for reading by college level students and by all those who have to deal with India.\u003cbr\u003e-Prof K V Raman, Historian and Archaeologist, \u003cbr\u003eFormerly of the Madras University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is an much for reading as for thinking, perhaps more for thinking to evolve ways and means for a rewarding life.\u003cbr\u003e-Prof K V Sarma, Formerly of the Madras University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEDICATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAUTHORS PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION I\u003cbr\u003eThe Nature and the Purpose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION II\u003cbr\u003eThe Texts and Their Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION III\u003cbr\u003eThe Thoughts and the Paths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION IV\u003cbr\u003eThe Teachers and The Sects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION V\u003cbr\u003eConcepts, Tenets and Beliefs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION VI\u003cbr\u003eTechnique and Procedures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION VII\u003cbr\u003eDharma and Ethics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION VIII\u003cbr\u003eThe Structure or the Caste System\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION IX\u003cbr\u003eThe Ethos and its Expressions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION X\u003cbr\u003eStrengths, Weaknesses and Vitality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION XI\u003cbr\u003eContributions, Comparisons, and Critiques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECTION XII\u003cbr\u003eThe Present Challenge and Future Prospects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOPINIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"V Ramanathan \/ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776419803305,"sku":"18212","price":45.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18212_ab94551c-0645-4094-93cc-c9c2cd0142f6.jpg?v=1625569735"},{"product_id":"18800-social-and-religious-reform-the-hindus-of-british-india","title":"Social and Religious Reform - The Hindus of British India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Amiya P Sen\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Amiya P Sen\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 226\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195677021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Indian context, the use of the term reform to indicate changes in religious belief or social practices dates to the nineteenth century, coinciding with the consolidation of British power and the advent of so-called modernity. 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The volume includes extracts by such well-known personalities as Swami Vivekananda, Lajpat Rai, Bankim Chandra, Raja Rammohan Roy, K T Telang, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rabindranath Tagore, M G Ranade,, Mahatma Gandhi, and B R Ambedkar among many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA valuable entry point to understanding the present day social problems faced by the Hindu community, this volume will be a useful supplementary text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of modern Indian history, sociology, and religious studies. 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He argues that during this time scholars challenged many established dharma sastra rules fearlessly, while remaining rooted within the tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the results were laws that provided greater security of person and property for women, increased rationalization of trade and commerce, greater regard for the rights of employees, checks on private dispensation of justice, development of a more rational law of evidence, and formalization of the rules of procedure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author’s views have been formulated on the basis of his detailed study of seven leading Sanskrit texts written during that period, including digests and commentaries on the smirtis and dharma sutras. He has also taken into account important secondary material such as works of the time on history, law, and political theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating survey and analysis, this volume will interest scholars and students of legal history, medieval history and society in India, family law, and Sanskrit Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLITERATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Law and the State-From Divine Justice to Worldly Law\u003cbr\u003e2. Marriage and Family-Acknowledging Women’s Rights\u003cbr\u003e3. Property, Family, and Women-Wives and Daughters as Lawful Beneficiaries\u003cbr\u003e4. Law and the Economy-Grappling with the Ambiguities of the Free Market\u003cbr\u003e5. Law and Community-From the Communitarian Particular to the Citizen Individual\u003cbr\u003e6. 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It is this struggle that results in his progress.  This progress can be in two directions: external and internal.  External progress leads to a better standard of living, i.e.. Civilization.  Internal progress on the other hand, results in greater refinement of the whole personality, i.e., culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivilization and culture do not necessarily go together.  Nor are they mutually exclusive.  They can be elegantly harmonized, provided one knows the relative proportions in combining them.  This is exactly what the ancient rsis or sages of India did when they administered or guided the great kingdoms of their times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecords of ancient and medieval history of our country as given by the foreign travelers and other foreigners bespeak not only of a high degree of civilization but also of culture as revealed in their account of appreciation of our people's deep devotion to truth and ingrained honesty.  This had been possible solely because the ancient and the medieval Hindus of India never forgo that dharma - ethical values - and adhyatmavidya - spirituality - were the centre of gravity of their life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegance and depth of scholarship mark this work which could be the finest of its kind on the exposition of the greatness and appeal of the Hindu culture, down the ages from the Vedic times.  It is also an overwhelmingly inspirational work of the class which kindles and rekindles the Indian pride in the Hindu nationality and heritage, vibrant and unsurpassed for its content and universality. \u003cbr\u003e- Bhavan's Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is one of the few books published these days which can be said to be fully worth the price and even more.  Although it is called an \"Introduction\" and not a full-fledged treatment of the subject, it must be said that it is more comprehensive than most introductions are and conveys information and guidance with rare clarity and simplicity, as well as comprehensiveness. \u003cbr\u003e- The Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSamskrti or Culture\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eHindu Scoeity\u003cbr\u003eHindu Educational System\u003cbr\u003eHindu Political Institutions\u003cbr\u003eHindu Economics\u003cbr\u003eHindu Judicial System\u003cbr\u003eContribution of the Hindus to Science\u003cbr\u003eHindu Fine Arts and Music\u003cbr\u003eHindu Culture Outside India\u003cbr\u003eEpiloigue\u003cbr\u003eA Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Swami Harshananda \/ Ramakrishna Math \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776538423465,"sku":"24166","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/24166_65a74bb1-e5f5-4bf0-9098-3c05da7c0dea.jpg?v=1625499180"},{"product_id":"25345-the-myth-of-the-holy-cow","title":"The Myth of the Holy Cow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: D N Jha\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Navayana\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 207\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788189059163\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, historian Dwijendra Narayan Jha argues that the ‘holiness’ of the cow is a myth and its flesh played an important part in the cuisine of ancient India. Citing Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religious scriptures, he underlines the fact that beef-eating was not Islam’s ‘baneful bequeathal’ to India. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNor can abstention from it be a mark of ‘Hindu’ identity, notwithstanding the averments of Hindutva forces who have tried to foster the false consciousness of the ‘otherness’ on the followers of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new Navayana edition features an excerpt from Dr B. R. Ambedkar’s 1948 work on the connections between untouchability and beef-eating. 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India. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Author's later French Ms and edited with notes, corrections and biography by Henry K Beauchamp with a prefatory note by F Max Muller, this 1999 edition of a classic work is sufficient proof of the high value which is still attached to the Abbe's observations and of the wide popularity which this work still enjoys.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe impression may be felt in many minds that a book written so long ago can be of little practical use at present; but the fact is that the Babe's work, composed as it was in the midst of the people themselves, is of a unique character, for it combines, a recital of the broad facts of Hindu religion and Hindu sociology with many masterly descriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Dubois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor's Preface to Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefatory Note by Max Muller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor's Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL VIEW OF SOCIETY IN INDIA, AND GENERAL REMARKS ON THE CASTE SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE\u003cbr\u003eDivision and Subdivision of Castes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTWO\u003cbr\u003eAdvantages resulting from Caste Divisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHREE\u003cbr\u003eExpulsion from Caste.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOUR\u003cbr\u003eAntiquity and Origin of Caste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIVE\u003cbr\u003eThe lower Classes of Sudras.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIX\u003cbr\u003eThe Poverty of the Hindus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSEVEN\u003cbr\u003eThe Mythical Origin of the Brahmins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEIGHT\u003cbr\u003eDifferent Kinds of Brahmins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNINE\u003cbr\u003eThe Different Hindu Sects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEN\u003cbr\u003eThe Gurus, or Hindu Priests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELEVEN\u003cbr\u003ePurohitas, or Priests who officiate at Public and Private Ceremonies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTWELVE\u003cbr\u003eMantrams - 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