John Keay

India Discovered: The Recovery of a Lost Civilization


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      INDIA

      DISCOVERED

       The Recovery of a Lost Civilization

      JOHN KEAY

       Copyright

      HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF

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      First published in Great Britain in 1981

      First published in paperback by William Collins 1988

      Copyright © John Keay 1981

      The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007123001

       Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2010 ISBN: 9780007399642

       Version: 2015-06-17

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       CHAPTER FIVE The Legacy of Pout

       CHAPTER SIX The Old Campaigner

       CHAPTER SEVEN Buddha in a Toga

       CHAPTER EIGHT A Little Warmer than Necessary

       CHAPTER NINE Wild in Human Faith and Warm in Human Feeling

       CHAPTER TEN A Subject of Frequent Remark

       CHAPTER ELEVEN Hiding Behind the Elgin Marbles

       CHAPTER TWELVE Some Primitive Vigour

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN New Observations and Discoveries

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN An Idolatrous Affection

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Stupendous Fabric of Nature

       KEEP READING

       Author’s Note To Third Edition

       Sources and Bibliography

       Index

       Chronology 1765–1927

       The Great Arc

       India: A History

       About the Publisher

       List of Illustrations

      1. Aurangzeb’s mosque above Panchganga.

      2. James Prinsep with Hindu pandits, Sanskrit College, Benares.

      3. The rock of Girnar.

      4. The temples of Mahabalipuram.

      5. Cave temples of western India.

      6. The stupas of Sanchi.

      7. The ruined temple of Boddh Gaya.

      8. A Buddhist stupa railing at Mathura.

      9. The Buddha.

      10. A Boddhisattva.

      11. The temple complex of Khajuraho.

      12. Carving at Khajuraho.

      13. The festival of Jagannath at Puri.

      14. Colin Mackenzie at work.

      15. Bishop Heber’s drawing of Amber palace.

      16. Gwalior, the ‘Gibraltar of India’.

      17. The Qutb mosque.

      18. Shah Jehan’s Jama Masjid.

      19. The tomb of Humayun in Delhi.

      20. The Taj Mahal in Agra.

      21. The Sanchi torso.

      22. The wall paintings in the caves of Ajanta.

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