Basham presents a survey of Indian culture, covering aspects such as religion, philosophy, social organisation, literature, art, architecture, music and science. This book deals with the influence of Indian civilisation on the world and details of the political history of the region to provide a chronological framework for the non-specialist.
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A. L. Basham is a well-known historian.
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MORE than 4,000 years ago there flourished in the north-western parts of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent a civilization which, deriving its name from the main river of the region, is known as the Indus civilization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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South-East Asia, Central Asia, Shah Jahan, Ram Mohan, Mahatma Gandhi, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Mughal Empire, Middle Indo-Aryan, Muslim League, East India Company, Indian National Congress, New York, Shah Jahán, Uttar Pradesh, Asia Minor, Red Sea, Max Muller, Middle East, New Delhi, Rig Veda, University of Calcutta, Abu'l Fazl, Amir Khusrau, Bay of Bengal, Chandra Gupta New!
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MORE than 4,000 years ago there flourished in the north-western parts of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent a civilization which, deriving its name from the main river of the region, is known as the Indus civilization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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South-East Asia, Central Asia, Shah Jahan, Ram Mohan, Mahatma Gandhi, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Mughal Empire, Middle Indo-Aryan, Muslim League, East India Company, Indian National Congress, New York, Shah Jahán, Uttar Pradesh, Asia Minor, Red Sea, Max Muller, Middle East, New Delhi, Rig Veda, University of Calcutta, Abu'l Fazl, Amir Khusrau, Bay of Bengal, Chandra Gupta New!
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- The Light of Asia (Quest Book) by Sir Edwin Arnold on page 478, and Index
- Science and Civilization in China (Science and Civilisation in China) by Joseph Needham on page 141, and page 157
- Knowing British History: The First World War v. 9 by S.L. Case on page 401
- The Ten Principal Upanishads by William Butler Yeats on page 482
- The Lotus and the Robot. by Arthur Koestler on page 482
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- India: A History by John Keay on 4 pages
- Hinduism and Its Sense of History by Arvind Sharma on page 23, page 28, and page 79
- The Camphor Flame by C. J. Fuller in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The World Religions Reader (Open University Module A213 World Religions) by G. Beckerlegge in Front Matter, and page 450
- Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) by Bonnie C. Wade in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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