The Wonder that was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-continent Before the Coming of the Muslims, Volume 2 |
Contents
The Daily Round in City | 189 |
Cults Doctrines and Metaphysics | 231 |
APPENDICES | 233 |
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The Wonder that was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian ... A. L. Basham No preview available - 2004 |
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7th century Ajantā ancient Indian Arthaśāstra Aryan asceticism ascetics Aśoka beautiful became Bihār Bodhisattva body Brahman brāhmaṇs Buddha Buddhist carved cave century A.D. Ceylon chief Christian Cōla cosmic cult culture dancing death Deccan demons depicted developed divine doctrine earliest early earth elephants epic evidence existed goddess gods Greek Gupta period Harappa heaven Hindu Hinduism hymns important India Indra Indus inscriptions Jaina Jainism Jātaka Kālidāsa karma king kingdom known Kṛṣṇa land language later legend literature living lord Mahābhārata Mahāvīra Mauryan medieval Megasthenes Middle Ages modern Mohenjo Daro monks Muslim mystical nāgas numerous original palace Pāli PLATE poem poet poetry popular Prakrit probably rāga Rāma religion religious Ṛg Veda sacred sacrifice Sanskrit scriptures sculpture sects Śiva soul South story stūpa style survived Tamil temple texts thought tion tradition tribes Upanisads usually Varuna Vedic verse village Vişņu wife women word worshipped