Ancient India and Indian Civilization by Masson-Ousel, P. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents FOREWORD, THE INDIAN GENIUS INTRODUCTION COUNTRY AND POPULATION

I. THE COUNTRY II. THE POPULATION

I. Racial and Linguistic Criteria II. The Indo-European Stock and the Aryan Branch

PART ONE HISTORY

I. THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD II. THE BEGINNINGS OF HISTORY. THE SIXTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES BEFORE CHRIST III. ALEXANDER. THE MAURYAS

I. The Campaign of Alexander II. Chandragupta III. Asoka

IV. INDO-GREEKS, INDO-PARTHIANS, INDO-SCYTHIANS. THE KUSHANS AND KANISHKA V. THE DECCAN TO THE THIRD CENTURY VI. THE GUPTAS. HUNS AND TURKS. HARSHA

PART TWO INDIAN SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION I. THE FAMILY. ITS WORSHIP AND LAW

I. The Worship of the Family II. The Law of the Family

Dharma

III. Women and Marriage IV. Property

II. CASTE III. THE POLITICAL ORDER

I. Spiritual Power and Temporal Power II. Artha and Dharma III. Republics Kingdoms IV. The Royal Office V. Assemblies VI. Justice VII. Administration

IV. ECONOMIC LIFE

I. Work and Business

The workers Agriculture Industry Trade Guilds

II. Property

Land Revenues and Coinage State Socialism. The Poverty of India

PART THREE SPIRITUAL LIFE. RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES

I. ORIGINS

I. Pre-Aryan Origins

The Munda Element Dravidian, Sumerian, and Semitic Elements

II. The Religion of the Vedic Aryans and Early Brahmanism

The Vedas Rites and Magic. The Natural Order Sacrifice and the Gods The Exegesis of the Vedas The Brahmanic Cult Metaphysical Mythology The Future Life

II. EARLY JAINISM AND BUDDHISM

I. Their Common Conditions

Transmigration The New Notion of the Act The Aspiration to Deliverance The Influence of Yoga and the Sophists

II. Jainism

The Nirgranthas. Jina The Community The Canons Archaism and Realism. The Substances The Soul and its Salvation

III. Buddhism

Buddha The Community.Councils. Sects The Canon The Literature of the Mahāyāna Dogma

III. BRAHMANISM AS HINDUISM. THE RELIGIONS OF VISHNU AND SIVA

Theism. Siva, Vishnu, Krishna, Rama The Avatars. Eclecticism The Philosophy of the Epics The Transformation of Orthodoxy

IV. THE GREAT VEHICLE

Dialectic. Nagarjuna Concentration. Asvaghosha, Asanga, Vasubandhu The Sects The New Metaphysics Mythology

V. PHILOSOPHY AT ITS HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT

I. The Brahmanie Systems (A.D. 100-500), Pūrva Mīmāṃsā

Pūrva Mimāmsa Vaiśeshika Nyāya Vedānta Yoga Sāmkhya

II. The Philosophies in the Seventh Century

Orthodox Commentators Jainism Buddhism

III. The Characteristics of Indian Thought

Indian Science The Problems of India The Indian Conception of Mind

PART FOUR ÆESTHETIC LIFE

BOOK ONE THE LITERATURE OF INDIA

INTRODUCTION

I. The Languages of India II. Writing III. The Study of Indian Literature in Europe IV. The Literature of India

I. VEDIC AND POST-VEDIC LITERATURE

I. The Age of the Ṛigveda II. General Features of the Rigveda III. The Other Vedas

The Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda

IV. The Brāhmanas V. The Aranyakas and Upanishads VI. The Sutras

A. The Kalpa and Grihya Sūtras B. Vedānga

The Sūtras of Panini The Grammarians after Panini

VII. Bhāshya

II. EPIC POETRY

I. The Mahābhāraia II. The Rādmāyana III. The Puranas IV. Pali and Prakrit, Literature V. Sanskrit Literature of Buddhist Inspiration

Asvaghosha and Aryasura

III. THE AGE OF KAVYA

I. Kalidasa and other Epic Poets of the Time. The Theory of Poetics II. Kaiidasa and Lyric (Erotic) Poetry III. Bhartrihari. Gnomic and Erotic Poets IV. Erotic Mysticism

Jayadeva

IV. THE DRAMA

I. The Nāṭya-śāstra II. The Forerunners of the Classical Theatre

A. The Religious and Epic Drama. Asvaghosha and Bhasa B. The Middle-class and. Political Drama. Sudraka and Visakliadatta

III. Kaiidasa. The Classical Theatre IV. The Successors of Kaiidasa V. The Drama after Bhavabhuti VI. Farce

V. NARRATIVE LITERATURE

I. Folk-tale and Fable II. The Literary Story

The Brihat-katha, Katha-sarit-sagara, and iSuka-saptati

III. The Romance

Dandin, Subandhu, and Bana

BOOK II THE ART OF INDIA

INTRODUCTION

Pre-Indian Art Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

I. ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION

Architecture Decoration The Stupa

II. RELIGIOUS ART III. SCULPTURE AND PAINTING

The evolution of the Tribangha

IV. THE EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ART V. INDIAN ÆSTHETICS. THE FRESCOES OF AJANTA AND THE SANSKRIT DRAMA

CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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