Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: A Brief History of India by Alain Danielou, Kenneth Hurry, Alain Daniilou, Alain Daniélou, Kenneth F. Hurry ISBN: 0-89281-923-5 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 28 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A thoroughly "reader friendly" history of India
Comment: This thoroughly "reader friendly" history of India provides a synthesis of events and a survey of the development of India's civilization, social system, and diversity of cultures, races, languages and religions. In examining the changing trends of the country Danielou also creates an intriguing survey of how India's courses have affected the world.
Rating: 5
Summary: British and Moghul invaders
Comment: I was rather interested by the Library Journal critic concerning "A Brief History of India"(128 N° 2, February, 1)
With regard to the point of view expressed about Moghul and British colonisation, I feel that the critic has an unconscious Western bias, which is one of the main sores in India even today.
Of course, both these invaders also brought something positive with them, but we must remember that prior to their arrival India was one of the richest countries in the world and after their departure one of the poorest.
When you see the destruction made by the Muslims and in particularly by the Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb in Benares, you understand some of the material effects of these invaders, but their permanent attack on the Hindus' social and religious system was even worse.
In any case, I deem Daniélou's point of view is much more realistic that that of the French writer Guy Deleury who wrote recently in 'L'Inde continent rebelle - Le Seuil 2000'
Page 257/258
The Indian sub-continent can look back with neither regret nor shame on its short century of British domination, to which it owes its telegraph, its railways, its neo-gothic railway stations, the gaudy uniforms of its sepoy corps d'élite, its metropolitan ports, masonic lodges and even - the supreme paradox - the Congress Party, which led it to independence
 |
Title: India: An Illustrated History (Hippocrene Illustrated Histories) by Prem Kishore, Anuradha Kishore Ganpati ISBN: 0781809444 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: India: A History by John Keay ISBN: 0802137970 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Eyewitness Travel Guides: India (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Abha Narain Lamba, Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789483955 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
 |
Title: Philosophies of India by Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Joseph Campbell ISBN: 0691017581 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 December, 1969 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
 |
Title: India Unbound : The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global InformationAge by Gurcharan Das ISBN: 0385720742 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
