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100 1 _aWolpert, Stanley A.,
_d1927-
245 1 0 _aIndia /
_cStanley Wolpert.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aBerkeley, Calif. :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_cc2005.
300 _axxvi, 273 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill., map, ports. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aPrevious ed.: 1999.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aMachine derived contents note: Preface to the 1991 Edition -- Preface to the 1999 Edition -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- 1. The Environment -- The River -- Heat -- Monsoon Rains -- Mountain Walls -- 2. Historic Prologues -- Pre-Aryan Urbanization -- Aryan Conquests and Emerging Synthesis -- Ancient Imperial Unification and Its Limits -- Islamic Conquests -- Westernization and Modernization -- Young India's Revolutions and Reforms -- The Impact of Mahatma Gandhi -- 3. Religion and Philosophy -- Yoga and Shaivism -- Mother Goddess Worship -- Nonviolent Buddhism and Jainism -- Laws of Action and Reincarnation -- Devotional Vaishnavism -- Higher Hindu Philosophy -- Islam in India -- Sikhism -- Modernist Religious Movements -- 4. Society -- Caste and Class -- Untouchability -- The Family -- Roles of Women -- Village Life -- The Urban Revolution -- 5. Arts and Sciences -- Dance, Drama, and Music -- Worship in Bronze and Stone -- Caves, Temple and Regal Art, and Architecture -- The Art of Literature -- Scientific Contributions -- 6. Polity and Foreign Policy -- Kingship and Democracy -- Economic Planning and Development -- Foreign Policy -- The Future -- Notes -- Suggested Additional Reading -- Index.
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005048534-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005048534-d.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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