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Index
Preface
List of Illustrations
Line Drawings and Maps
Chronology of Pre-Muslim India
Pronunciation
Chapter I. I NTRODUCTION : India and her Ancient Culture
The Land of India:
The Discovery of Ancient India:
The Glory of Ancient India
II. P REHISTORY : The Harappā Culture and the Āryans
Primitive Man in India:
The First Villages:
The Harappā City Culture:
The End of the Indus Cities:
Indo-Europeans and Aryans:
The Aryans in India: The Proto-historic Period:
The Culture of the Ṛg Veda :
The Later Vedic Age
III. H ISTORY : Ancient and Medieval Empires
Sources of History:
The Age of the Buddha:
Alexander and the Mauryas:
The Age of Invasions:
The Guptas and Harsa:
The Middle Ages in the North:
The Middle Ages in the Peninsula
IV. T HE S TATE : Political Life and Thought
Sources:
Kingship:
The Royal Function:
Quasi-Feudalism:
Oligarchies and Republics:
Councillors and Officials:
Local Administration:
Village Administration:
Public Finance:
Legal Literature:
The Basis of Law:
Crime:
Administration of Justice:
Punishment:
The Secret Service:
Hindu Militarism:
Military Organization and Technique
V. S OCIETY : Class, Family and Individual
Laws of Class and Stage of Life:
The Four Great Classes:
Untouchables:
“Confusion of Class”:
Caste:
Slavery:
Gotra and Pravara:
The Family:
The Four Stages of Life:
The Child:
Initiation:
Education:
Marriage:
Sexual Relations:
Divorce:
Polygamy:
Old Age and Death:
Women:
Prostitution:
Widows
VI. E VERYDAY L IFE : The Daily Round in City and Village
The Village:
Agriculture and Stockbreeding:
The Wild Tribes:
The Town:
The Man about Town:
Amusements:
Clothes and Ornaments:
Food and Drink:
Economic Life:
Guilds:
Technical Achievement:
Trade and Finance:
Caravans and Trade-routes:
Sea Trade and Overseas Contacts
VII. R ELIGION : Cults, Doctrines and Metaphysics
I. The Religion of the Veda :
Gods of the Ṛg Veda :
Sacrifice:
New Developments of Doctrine:
Asceticism:
Speculation and Gnosis:
Ethics of the Upanisads.
II. Buddhism :
The Buddha:
The Growth of Buddhism:
The Lesser Vehicle:
The Evolution of the Great Vehicle:
The Great Vehicle:
the Vehicle of the Thunderbolt:
The Buddhist Order:
Buddhist Ethics and Morality.
III. Jainism and Other Unorthodox Sects:
Jainism:
The Ājīvikas:
Scepticism and Materialism.
IV. Hinduism :
Development and Literature:
Visnu:
Śiva:
The Relation of Visnu and Siva:
The Mother Goddess:
Lesser Gods:
Demigods and Spirits:
Cosmogony:
The Soul, Karma and Samsāra:
The Six Systems of Salvation:
Theism and Devotion:
Hindu Rites and Ceremonies:
Hindu Ethics.
V. Non-Indian Religions
VIII. T HE A RTS : Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music and The Dance
The Spirit of Indian Art:
Early Architecture:
The Stūpa:
Cave Temples:
Temples:
Sculpture:
Terracottas:
Metal Sculpture and Engraving:
Painting:
Minor Arts:
Music:
The Dance
IX. L ANGUAGE AND L ITERATURE
I. Language :
Sanskrit:
Prākrits and Pāli:
Dravidian Languages:
Writing.
II. Literature :
Vedic Literature:
Epic Literature:
Classical Sanskrit Poetry:
Narrative Poetry:
The Drama:
Sanskrit Prose Literature:
Pāli Literature:
Prākrit Literature:
Tamil Literature:
Folk Poetry
X. E PILOGUE : The Heritage of India
The Impact of the West:
The World’s Debt to India
A PPENDICES
I. Cosmology and Geography
II. Astronomy
III. The Calendar
IV. Mathematics
V. Physics and Chemistry
VI. Physiology and Medicine
VII. Logic and Epistemology
VIII. Weights and Measures
IX. Coinage
X. The Alphabet and its Pronunciation
XI. Prosody
XII. The Gypsies
B IBLIOGRAPHY AND R EFERENCES
I NDEX AND G LOSSARY
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