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
REVIEW
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