India

by Wolpert, Stanley A.

• ISBN13: 9780520221727
• ISBN10: 0520221729
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

A concise overview of Indian history and culture--the result of more than five decades of serious study of South Asia--with a new preface.

Author Biography

Stanley Wolpert has taught the history of India and Pakistan at the University of California, Los Angeles, since 1958.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 1991 Edition	ix
Preface to the 1999 Edition	xiii
ONE The Environment	1	(22)
The River	5	(6)
Heat	11	(2)
Monsoon Rains	13	(4)
Mountain Walls	17	(6)
TWO Historic Prologue	23	(48)
Pre-Aryan Urbanization	25	(2)
Aryan Conquests and Emerging Synthesis	27	(7)
Ancient Imperial Unification and Its Limits	34	(6)
Islamic Conquests	40	(4)
Westernization and Modernization	44	(11)
Young India's Revolutions and Reforms	55	(6)
The Impact of Mahatma Gandhi	61	(10)
THREE Religion and Philosophy	71	(46)
Yoga and Shaivism	74	(5)
Mother Goddess Worship	79	(2)
Nonviolent Buddhism and Jainism	81	(2)
Laws of Action and Reincarnation	83	(4)
Devotional Vaishnavism	87	(6)
Higher Hindu Philosophy	93	(5)
Islam in India	98	(7)
Sikhism	105	(9)
Modernist Religious Movements	114	(3)
FOUR Society	117	(40)
Caste and Class	118	(10)
Untouchability	128	(5)
The Family	133	(3)
Roles of Women	136	(6)
Village Life	142	(7)
The Urban Revolution	149	(8)
FIVE Arts and Sciences	157	(42)
Dance, Drama, and Music	160	(8)
Worship in Bronze and Stone	168	(6)
Caves, Temple and Regal Art, and Architecture	174	(7)
The Art of Literature	181	(11)
Scientific Contributions	192	(7)
SIX Polity and Foreign Policy	199	(54)
Kingship and Democracy	201	(22)
Economic Planning and Development	223	(10)
Foreign Policy	233	(16)
Indo-Pak Relations	233	(6)
Sino-Indian Relations	239	(3)
Indo-Sri Lankan Relations	242	(2)
Afghanistan	244	(3)
Indo-U.S. Relations	247	(2)
The Future	249	(4)
Notes	253	(4)
Suggested Additional Reading	257	(6)
Index	263