Author: J N Nanda
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 150
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172762658
Description
The book gives readers a glimpse of Indian History and culture in brief. Various episodes, writeups of well known Indians , heroes, epic characters and prehistoric ones are included in the book.
As The Author has said, this book is for the lay person who does not want to be cluttered with dates and names of kings and the like. Bhim, Sindhuputra, Rama Krishna, Buddha, Ashoka, Shankaracharya, Akbar are all included in the book.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Author’s Preface
1. India
2. Bhim
3. Sindhu Putra
4. Vyasa
5. Ancient Hindus and Hinduism
6. Rama and Krishna
7. The Buddha
8. Ashoka the Great
9. Hop Stop in S.E. Asia
10. Hindu Trade and Diaspora in West Asia
11. Golden Age
12. Miracles
13. Shankaracharya
14. Sadagani
15. Bholu’s Search for God
16. Temples of India
17. Ghaznavi, Ghauri and Ghari
18. Amir Timur
19. Akbar, the Great
20. Multipolar Indian History and Culture
Nagarjunkonda
Tanjore
Vijayanagar
21. Some Distinctive Regional Modes
Kashmiris
Sindhis in India
Jains or Indian Atheists
Rajputs
Sindhis
Jammu and Dogras
22. Sufis and Bhaktas
23. Sant Kabir
24. Guru Govind Singh
25. Medieval Anarchy in India
26. British East Indian Company Acquires an Empire
27. Culture and Heritage
28. Mahatma and India wins Freedom
29. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
30. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
31. Monuments in India
32. Indian Arts
33. Free India
34. India’s Foreign Policy of Coexistence
35. Gandhi and Nationalism
36. Migration of Indian to British Colonies and Other Lands
37. Modern Values
38. Important Dates & Events