India"To all of us who delightedly and sometimes repetitively call ourselves Old India hands, Stanley Wolpert is the acknowledged authority. This book tells why. Indian history, art, culture, and contemporary politics are here in accurate, wide-ranging, and lucid prose."--John Kenneth Galbraith PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION: "Wolpert understands India.... Fluent, wide-ranging and often wise, this volume is a useful addition to a shelf of books on India."--Shashi Tharoor, Washington Post Book World "A superb distillation of a lifetime's learning by UCLA's great historian of India. Refreshingly concrete and detailed, [and] vibrantly written, Wolpert's overview repeatedly succeeds at explaining a culture that gave us little things like the decimal system, chess, cotton cloth, meditation, and two religions called Buddhism and Hinduism."--Philadelphia Inquirer "If one were to read a single book about India in a lifetime, this should be it."--Library Journal |
Contents
IV | 1 |
V | 5 |
VII | 11 |
IX | 13 |
X | 17 |
XII | 23 |
XIII | 25 |
XV | 27 |
XXXII | 117 |
XXXIII | 118 |
XXXIV | 128 |
XXXV | 133 |
XXXVI | 136 |
XXXVII | 142 |
XXXVIII | 149 |
XXXIX | 157 |
Common terms and phrases
Akali Amritsar ancient Army artists Aryan Bangladesh beautiful Bengal birth Bombay Brahman British Raj Buddhist Calcutta called capital caste century Christian cities Civilization Congress dance death decade Delhi divine Dravidian early East economic elections emerged Epic ex-Untouchables faith foreign Ganga gods Guptan Guru Hindu Hindu temples Hinduism Imperial Indian Indira Gandhi Indus Islam Jainism Janata jati Jawaharlal Jinnah Kashmir Krishna Kshatriyas land launched leaders learned least lives Lok Sabha Lord Madras Mahatma Gandhi major martial million modern India's Moksha monsoon Morarji Mother Goddess Mughal Muslim nation Nehru never nuclear one's Pakistan palace party peace peasant political popular population pre-Aryan President Prime Minister proved Punjab R. K. Narayan Raja Rajasthan Rajiv Rajput Rama religious remain River rule sacred Sanskrit Shiva Sikh Singh Soul South Asia stone Tamil Nadu traditional troops University Untouchables urban Vedic village worship Yoga young
References to this book
Doing Business in Asia, 21 Maps & Index: The Complete Guide Sanjyot P. Dunung No preview available - 1995 |