Foreword by Dr. Gautam Sen XV;
Acknowledgements xxi;
Introduction 1;
SECTION I: COLONIALITY ;
1 Colonisation, Colonialism, Coloniality and Decoloniality: Language Matters 23;
2 The Discovery of Coloniality and the Birth of Decoloniality 35;
3 Coloniality, Indigenous Faiths, Nature and Knowledge 60;
4 Entrenchment of Coloniality through European Political Structures 75;
5 Decoloniality, Indigeneity, Subjectivity and Relationality 120;
SECTION II: CIVILISATION;
6 Bharat, Coloniality and Colonial Consciousness 149;
7 Bharat as a Civilisation 176;
8 European Coloniality and the Indic Civilisation 227;
9 Christian Colonial Consciousness, the Hindu Religion, Caste, Tribe and Education 276;
SECTION III: CONSTITUTION;
10 Coloniality, Civilisation and Constitution 347;
11 The Standard of Civilisation, the League of Nations and the Government of India Act, 1919
377;
Notes 425;
Index 411;
About the Author 419.

India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. It lays the foundation for its sequels by covering the period between the Age of Discovery, marked by Christopher Columbus' expedition in 1492, and the reshaping of Bharat through a British-made constitution-the Government of India Act of 1919. This includes international developments leading to the founding of the League of Nations by Western powers that tangibly impacted this journey.

Further, this work also traces the origins of seemingly universal constructs such as 'toleration', 'secularism' and 'humanism' to Christian political theology. Their subsequent role in subverting the indigenous Indic consciousness through a secularised and universalised Reformation, that is, constitutionalism, is examined. It also puts forth the concept of Middle Eastern coloniality, which preceded its European variant and allies with it in the context of Bharat to advance their shared antipathy towards the Indic worldview. In order to liberate Bharat's distinctive indigeneity, 'decoloniality' is presented as a civilisational imperative in the spheres of nature, religion, culture, history, education, language and, crucially, in the realm of constitutionalism.