The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India

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Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 642
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143031031

Description

Written over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned in the Ahmadnagar Fort, The Discovery of India has acquired the status of a classic since it was first published in 1946. In this work of prodigious scope and scholarship, one of the greatest figures of Indian history unfolds the panorama of the country's rich and complex past, from prehistory to the last years of British colonial rule.

Analysing texts like the Vedas and the Arthashastra, and personalities like the Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru brings alive an ancient culture that has seen the flowering of the world's great traditions of philosophy, science and art, and almost all its major religions.

Nehru's brilliant intellect, deep humanity and lucid style make The discovery of India essential reading for anyone interested in India, both its past and its present

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Gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of (a) great country.
-ALBERT EINSTEIN

Contents

Foreword to the 2004 Edition

Foreword

Preface

CHAPTER 1
Ahmadnagar Fort

CHAPTER 2
BADENWEILER, LAUSANNE

CHAPTER 3
The Quest

CHAPTER 4
The Discover of India

CHAPTER 5
Through the Ages

CHAPTER 6
New Problems

CHAPTER 7
The Last Phase (1): Consolidation of British Rule and Rise of Nationalist Movement

CHAPTER 8
The Last Phase (2): Nationalism Versus Imperialism

CHAPTER 9
The Last Phase (3): World War II

CHAPTER 10
Ahmadnagar Fort Again

Postscript

Index