Indian gods and kings : the story of a living past
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TextBoston/ New York Houghton Mifflin Co. 1935Description: xiv, 304p.; ill.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
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With illustrations.. The Riverside Press Cambridge: Cambridge, Massachusetts.. Printed in the U.S.A.
Part 1: the way of gods. 1 The beginning of Hinduism. 2 The lawgivers of the Hindus. 3 Buddha, the dissenter from Hinduism. 4 Yoga, a logical extreme. 5 The gods of the Hindus. 6 The epic heroes of the Hindus. 7 Some medieval saints. Part 2: The way of kings. 8 Alexander and the ascetic. 9 Asoka, the amiably glancing. 10 The classic age of India. 11 King Harsa, who marchedto golden drums. 12 The Rajputs, kights of the Hindus. 13 Moslem attack. 14 Rajput resistance. 15 The fierce sultans of Delhi. 16 Vijayanagar, the last empire of the Hindus. 17 Babur, the first mogul emperor. 18 Akbar, the greatest mogul. 19 Jahangir and Queen 'Light of the World'. 20 Shahjahan, who lived in white marble and jewels. 21 Aurangzeb, who earned his shroud. End. Chronology
'This book is meant for the intelligent but uniformed reader who wishes to begin to know India. It is an attempt to bring together simply and compactly some of the material available in scholarly studies of many periods and phases.'
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