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Frontmatter
Preface
List of Illustrations
Line Drawings and Maps
Chronology of Pre-Muslim India
Pronunciation
I. INTRODUCTION: India and her Ancient Culture
The Land of India
The Discovery of Ancient India
The Glory of Ancient India
II. PREHISTORY: The Harappa Culture and the Aryans
Primitive Man in India
The First Villages
The Harappa City Culture
The End of the Indus Cities
Indo-Europeans and Aryans
The Aryans in India: The Proto-historic Period
The Culture of the Rg Veda
The Later Vedic Age
III. HISTORY: Ancient and Medieval Empires
Sources of History
The Age of the Buddha
Alexander and the Mauryas
The Age of Invasions
The Guptas and Harsa
The Middle Ages in the North
The Middle Ages in the Peninsula
IV. THE STATE: Political Life and Thought
Sources
Kingship
The Royal Function
Quasi-Feudalism
Oligarchies and Republics
Councillors and Officials
Local Administration
Village Administration
Public Finance
Legal Literature
The Basis of Law
Crime
Administration of Justice
Punishment
The Secret Service
Hindu Militarism
Military Organization and Technique
V. SOCIETY: Class, Family and Individual
Laws of Class and Stage of Life
The Four Great Classes
Untouchables
"Confusion of Class"
Caste
Slavery
Gotra and Pravara
The Family
The Four Stages of Life
The Child
Initiation
Education
Marriage
Sexual Relations
Divorce
Polygamy
Old Age and Death
Women
Prostitution
Widows
VI. EVERYDAY LIFE: The Daily Round in City and Village
The Village
Agriculture and Stockbreeding
The Wild Tribes
The Town
The Man About Town
Amusements
Clothes and Ornaments
Food and Drink
Economic Life
Guilds
Technical Achievement
Trade and Finance
Caravans and Trade-routes
Sea Trade and Overseas Contacts
VII. RELIGION: Cults, Doctrines and Metaphysics
I. The Religion of the Veda
Gods of the Rg Veda
Sacrifice
New Developments of Doctrine
Asceticism
Speculation and Gnosis
Ethics of the Upanisads
II. Buddhism
The Buddha
The Growth of Buddhism
The Lesser Vehicle
The Evolution of the Great Vehicle
The Great Vehicle
The Vehicle of the Thunderbolt
The Buddhist Order
Buddhist Ethics and Morality
III. Jainism and Other Unorthodox Sects
Jainism
The Ajivikas
Scepticism and Materialism
IV. Hinduism
Development and Literature
Visnu
Siva
The Relation of Visnu and Siva
The Mother Goddess
Lesser Gods
Demigods and Spirits
Cosmogony
The Soul, Karma and Samsara
The Six Systems of Salvation
Theism and Devotion
Hindu Rites and Ceremonies
Hindu Ethics
V. Non-Indian Religions
VIII. THE ARTS: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music and The Dance
The Spirit of Indian Art
Early Architecture
The Stupa
Cave Temples
Temples
Sculpture
Terracottas
Metal Sculpture and Engraving
Painting
Minor Arts
Music
The Dance
IX. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
I. Language
Sanskrit
Prakrits and Pali
Dravidian Languages
Writing
II. Literature
Vedic Literature
Epic Literature
Classical Sanskrit Poetry
Narrative Poetry
The Drama
Sanskrit Prose Literature
Pali Literature
Prakrit Literature
Tamil Literature
Folk Poetry
X. EPILOGUE: The Heritage of India
The Impact of the West
The World's Debt to India
APPENDICES
I. Cosmology and Geography
II. Astronomy
III. The Calendar
IV. Mathematics
V. Physics and Chemistry
VI. Physiology and Medicine
VII. Logic and Epistemology
VIII. Weights and Measures
IX. Coinage
X. The Alphabet and its Pronunciation
XI. Prosody
XII. The Gypsies
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
INDEX AND GLOSSARY
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