CONTENTS
Illustrations;
About the Book ;
Chronology;
CHAPTER 1;
Introduction ;
India, Indians, Indian Civilization
The History of Indian Civilization
The Landscape of Indian Civilization ;
CHAPTER 2
The Beginnings of Indian Civiliution
Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
Economy, Technology, Writing
Religion
Origin and Destiny of the Indus Civilization ;
CHAPTER 3;
The Vedic Age
The Rig Veda
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian,
Indo-Aryan
The Later Veda ;
CHAPTER 4;
New Religions, New Empires
Religions of Renunciation
The Rise of Magadha
The Mauryas ;
CHAPTER 5;
Classical India ;
The Formation of Classical Indian Civilization
(187 BCE-320 CE)
The Classical Age (320-600 CE)
Late Classical Indian Civilization
(600-1000 CE) ;
CHAPTER 6;
Family, Society, Polity
Family
Society
Polity ;
CHAPTER 7;
Mentalities
Religion
Law
Science ;
CHAPTER 8;
Classical Arts and Letters
The World That India Made
Central Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
The Middle East and Europe;
CHAPTER 9 ;
Turks and Mughals
Islam and India
Turks
Mughals;
CHAPTER 10;
Europeans
European Merchants
British Rule
India and European Civilization ;
CHAPTER 11 ;
The Nation-states
The Emergence of Indian Nationalism
Gandhi and Jinnah
Partition and Independence;
CHAPTER 12 ;
New Nations
The Republic of India
Pakistan and Bangladesh
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives
Indian Civilization and the Future ;
Postscript ;
Further Reading ;
Notes ;
Bibliography;
Index