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Books About Indian Culture Biography
The study deals with all aspects of Indian Culture in detail in different phases. In this book the events have been recorded in chronological order. The study provides a clear picture about the Meaning of History in its introductory chapter before we enter into the actual subject-matter. The study also provides a detailed description of our ancient culture in the following chapters. Besides, the Impact of Islam on India, the Impact of the West on India have been dealt with in this book in a beautiful manner so as to get a clear picture of their impact on India. Towards the end of the book four chapters have been allotted for India s contribution to World Civilisation, Social Reform Movements in the Second-half of the Ninteenth Century, Impact of the British on Indian Economy and Indianisation of Architecture, Painting, Music and Dancing for the benefit of the students in particular and the common readers in general.
Contents
1. The Meaning of History
2. Culture
(i) Definitions
(ii) Indian Culture Characteristics
(iii) Indo-Aryan Culture
(iv) Culture and Civilisation Differences
3. The Discovery of Ancient India
4. The Harappa Culture
(i) Economic Conditions
(ii) Social Conditions
(iii) Religion
(iv) Affiliations
(v) The end of the Culture
5. The Culture of the Vedic Aryans
(i) The Rig Vedic Culture
(ii) The Later Vedic Culture
6. Political Life and Thought in Ancient India
(i) Kingship
(ii) Quasi-Feudalism
(iii) Oligarchies and Republics
(iv) War and Military Organisation
7. Social Organisation in Ancient India
(i) Classes, Castes and Sects
(ii) Individual, Family and Social Relations
8. Life in Ancient India
(i) Social Life
(ii) Economic Life
9. Religion in Ancient India
(i) The Religion of the Vedas
(ii) The Philosophy of the Upanishads
10. Jainism and Buddhism
(i) Life of Mahavira Career and Teachings
(ii) Life of the Buddha Career and Teachings
(iii) Buddhist Monachism the Sangha and the Vihara
(iv) Buddhist Literature
(v) Buddhism after the Buddha
(vi) Decline of Buddhism
(vii) Spread of Buddhism Abroad
(viii) Scepticism, Agnosticism and Materialism
11. Popular Hinduism
12. Early Christianity in India
13. The Arts in Ancient India
(i) Architecture
(ii) Sculpture
(iii) Painting
(iv) Music and Dance
14. Language and Literature in Ancient India
(i) Languages and Writing in Ancient India
(ii) Literature
(a) Sanskrit Literature
(b) Prakrit Literature
(c) Buddhist Pali Literature
(d) Tamil Literature
15. Impact of Islam on India
(i) The Arab, Afghan and Mughal Conquests
(ii) Government under the Muslim Rulers
(iii) Economic Conditions
(iv) Conflict of Cultures
(v) Muslim Architecture Golden Period of Mughal Architecture
(vi) Other Fine Arts
(vii) Social Conditions
16. Impact of the West on India
(i) Government
(ii) Religion, Society and Culture
(iii) History, Art and Architecture
(iv) The Press
(v) Literature
(a) Bengali
(b) Hindi
(c) Urdu
(d) Punjabi, Marathi and Gujarati
(e) The South Indian Languages
17. India s Contribution to World Culture
(i) The Spread of Buddhism
(ii) Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism in the East
(iii) Indian Influences on European Life and Culture
18. Social Reform Movements in the Second Half of the 19th Century
(i) Phule
(ii) Dr. Ambedkar
(iii) E.V. Ramasamy
(iv) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
(v) Emancipation of Women
(vi) Social Legislations
19. Impact of the British on Indian Economy
(i) Commercialisation of Agriculture
(ii) Rural Indebtedness
(iii) Growth of Agricultural Labour
(iv) Destruction of Handicraft Industries Its Impact
(v) Drain of Wealth
(vi) Growth of Modern Industry and Rise of Capitalist Class
(vii) Second World War and Industrial Development of India
(viii) Rise of Capitalist Class
20. Indianisation of Architecture, Painting, Music and Dancing
Index
About the Author(s)
Professor N. Jayapalan of Government Arts College, Karur (Tamilnadu) did his post-graduation in History from Pachaiyappa s College, Chennai (Madras University). Later, he did his post-graduation in Political Science from the same University. He got his M.Phil. from the Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli.
He has participated in a number of seminars connected with Indian History and Political Science. He has written more than hundred books, both on History and Political Science. He is one of the most popular authors in Tamilnadu.In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is "a bracing sweep through aspects of Indian history and culture, and a tempered analysis of the highly charged disputes surrounding these subjects--the nature of Hindu traditions, Indian identity, the country's huge social and economic disparities, and its current place in the world" (Sunil Khilnani, Financial Times, U.K.).From Publishers Weekly
As India's multicultural society confronts violent sectarianism at home and a range of destabilizing forces internationally, these illuminating essays from Nobel Prize–winning economist Sen (most of which began as articles or lectures over the past decade) offer a timely and cogent examination of the country's long history of heterodoxy and public discourse. With sparkling erudition and crisp prose, Sen reminds readers of a capacious cultural legacy that has nourished a plethora of religious communities (including Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Parsee, Sikh and Baha'i), as well as a venerable line of atheist and materialist thought, while fostering ancient advances in science and mathematics, and inclusive theories of governance. Challenging the notion of the West as sole originator of liberal values, the book—which ranges over subjects as diverse as India's ancient calendars, nuclear arms policy, relationship with China, gender and class inequality, representations in the Western imagination and the competing national visions of Tagore and Gandhi—bears forcefully on contemporary debates over multiculturalism, secularism and postcolonial identity. Sen's lucid reasoning and thoroughgoing humanism, meanwhile, ensure a lively and commanding defense of diversity and dialogue. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"This is a book that needed to have been written. . . . It would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and influential a work as Edward Said's Orientalism."--Soumya Bhattacharya, The Observer (London)
"The product of a great and playful mind at the peak of its power, The Argumentative Indian is the most stimulating and enjoyable book about the idea and identity of India to be written for years."--William Dalrymple, The New York Review of Books
"An intellectual tour de force from an economist who can lay equal claim to the designations of sociologist, historian, political analyst, and moral philosopher . . . Breathtaking in its range and scholarly eclecticism."--Shashi Tharoor, The Washington Post Book World
"Masterfully tying Indian concerns to broader social and philosophical questions, Sen addresses the many aspects of Indian identity."--Library Journal
Books About Indian Culture Biography
The study deals with all aspects of Indian Culture in detail in different phases. In this book the events have been recorded in chronological order. The study provides a clear picture about the Meaning of History in its introductory chapter before we enter into the actual subject-matter. The study also provides a detailed description of our ancient culture in the following chapters. Besides, the Impact of Islam on India, the Impact of the West on India have been dealt with in this book in a beautiful manner so as to get a clear picture of their impact on India. Towards the end of the book four chapters have been allotted for India s contribution to World Civilisation, Social Reform Movements in the Second-half of the Ninteenth Century, Impact of the British on Indian Economy and Indianisation of Architecture, Painting, Music and Dancing for the benefit of the students in particular and the common readers in general.
Contents
1. The Meaning of History
2. Culture
(i) Definitions
(ii) Indian Culture Characteristics
(iii) Indo-Aryan Culture
(iv) Culture and Civilisation Differences
3. The Discovery of Ancient India
4. The Harappa Culture
(i) Economic Conditions
(ii) Social Conditions
(iii) Religion
(iv) Affiliations
(v) The end of the Culture
5. The Culture of the Vedic Aryans
(i) The Rig Vedic Culture
(ii) The Later Vedic Culture
6. Political Life and Thought in Ancient India
(i) Kingship
(ii) Quasi-Feudalism
(iii) Oligarchies and Republics
(iv) War and Military Organisation
7. Social Organisation in Ancient India
(i) Classes, Castes and Sects
(ii) Individual, Family and Social Relations
8. Life in Ancient India
(i) Social Life
(ii) Economic Life
9. Religion in Ancient India
(i) The Religion of the Vedas
(ii) The Philosophy of the Upanishads
10. Jainism and Buddhism
(i) Life of Mahavira Career and Teachings
(ii) Life of the Buddha Career and Teachings
(iii) Buddhist Monachism the Sangha and the Vihara
(iv) Buddhist Literature
(v) Buddhism after the Buddha
(vi) Decline of Buddhism
(vii) Spread of Buddhism Abroad
(viii) Scepticism, Agnosticism and Materialism
11. Popular Hinduism
12. Early Christianity in India
13. The Arts in Ancient India
(i) Architecture
(ii) Sculpture
(iii) Painting
(iv) Music and Dance
14. Language and Literature in Ancient India
(i) Languages and Writing in Ancient India
(ii) Literature
(a) Sanskrit Literature
(b) Prakrit Literature
(c) Buddhist Pali Literature
(d) Tamil Literature
15. Impact of Islam on India
(i) The Arab, Afghan and Mughal Conquests
(ii) Government under the Muslim Rulers
(iii) Economic Conditions
(iv) Conflict of Cultures
(v) Muslim Architecture Golden Period of Mughal Architecture
(vi) Other Fine Arts
(vii) Social Conditions
16. Impact of the West on India
(i) Government
(ii) Religion, Society and Culture
(iii) History, Art and Architecture
(iv) The Press
(v) Literature
(a) Bengali
(b) Hindi
(c) Urdu
(d) Punjabi, Marathi and Gujarati
(e) The South Indian Languages
17. India s Contribution to World Culture
(i) The Spread of Buddhism
(ii) Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism in the East
(iii) Indian Influences on European Life and Culture
18. Social Reform Movements in the Second Half of the 19th Century
(i) Phule
(ii) Dr. Ambedkar
(iii) E.V. Ramasamy
(iv) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
(v) Emancipation of Women
(vi) Social Legislations
19. Impact of the British on Indian Economy
(i) Commercialisation of Agriculture
(ii) Rural Indebtedness
(iii) Growth of Agricultural Labour
(iv) Destruction of Handicraft Industries Its Impact
(v) Drain of Wealth
(vi) Growth of Modern Industry and Rise of Capitalist Class
(vii) Second World War and Industrial Development of India
(viii) Rise of Capitalist Class
20. Indianisation of Architecture, Painting, Music and Dancing
Index
About the Author(s)
Professor N. Jayapalan of Government Arts College, Karur (Tamilnadu) did his post-graduation in History from Pachaiyappa s College, Chennai (Madras University). Later, he did his post-graduation in Political Science from the same University. He got his M.Phil. from the Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli.
He has participated in a number of seminars connected with Indian History and Political Science. He has written more than hundred books, both on History and Political Science. He is one of the most popular authors in Tamilnadu.In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is "a bracing sweep through aspects of Indian history and culture, and a tempered analysis of the highly charged disputes surrounding these subjects--the nature of Hindu traditions, Indian identity, the country's huge social and economic disparities, and its current place in the world" (Sunil Khilnani, Financial Times, U.K.).From Publishers Weekly
As India's multicultural society confronts violent sectarianism at home and a range of destabilizing forces internationally, these illuminating essays from Nobel Prize–winning economist Sen (most of which began as articles or lectures over the past decade) offer a timely and cogent examination of the country's long history of heterodoxy and public discourse. With sparkling erudition and crisp prose, Sen reminds readers of a capacious cultural legacy that has nourished a plethora of religious communities (including Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Parsee, Sikh and Baha'i), as well as a venerable line of atheist and materialist thought, while fostering ancient advances in science and mathematics, and inclusive theories of governance. Challenging the notion of the West as sole originator of liberal values, the book—which ranges over subjects as diverse as India's ancient calendars, nuclear arms policy, relationship with China, gender and class inequality, representations in the Western imagination and the competing national visions of Tagore and Gandhi—bears forcefully on contemporary debates over multiculturalism, secularism and postcolonial identity. Sen's lucid reasoning and thoroughgoing humanism, meanwhile, ensure a lively and commanding defense of diversity and dialogue. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"This is a book that needed to have been written. . . . It would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and influential a work as Edward Said's Orientalism."--Soumya Bhattacharya, The Observer (London)
"The product of a great and playful mind at the peak of its power, The Argumentative Indian is the most stimulating and enjoyable book about the idea and identity of India to be written for years."--William Dalrymple, The New York Review of Books
"An intellectual tour de force from an economist who can lay equal claim to the designations of sociologist, historian, political analyst, and moral philosopher . . . Breathtaking in its range and scholarly eclecticism."--Shashi Tharoor, The Washington Post Book World
"Masterfully tying Indian concerns to broader social and philosophical questions, Sen addresses the many aspects of Indian identity."--Library Journal
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