Antiquities Of India : An Account Of The History And Culture Of Ancient Hindustan (Hardcover)  | Released: 1999

The book presents, within a moderate compass, a general survey of the history and culture of ancient India. It begins with an outline of the historical changes through which India has passed from the earliest days down to the beginning of the thirteenth century, and thence proceeds to sketch the conditions of society as revealed by literature and the monuments, the constitution and administration of the State, the chief religious rituals, the nature of the scientific knowledge possessed by the ancient Hindus, their systems of weights, measures, and coinage, their writing, and their achievements in architecture, sculpture and painting. The book would be of great interest and immense use to the students, teachers and researchers of ancient Indian history. Table of Contents: I. Outlines of the Early History and Civilisation of India; II. Chronology of India, to the Year 1200 A.D.; III. Law and Government; IV. Vedic Ritual; V. Non-Vedic Rituals, Yoga, and Magic; VI. Astronomy, Geography, and Cosmography; VII. Weights and Measures : Coinage; VIII. Medicine; IX. Writing; X. Architecture; XI. Sculpture and painting; Addenda; Index