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Ancient India From the Earliest Times to the First Century A.D.

1916

Such then were the first fruits of the study by Europeans of the classical language of Ancient India—a complete revolution in our conception of the nature of human speech and the recovery from the past of some of the lost history of the peoples who in historical times have played a predominant part in the civilization of both India and Europe. [...] But great and far-reaching as has been the influence of the discovery' of the Sanskrit language on the intellectual life of the West no less remarkable are the results which have followed from the application of Western methods of scholarship to the interpretation and elucidation of the ancient literatures and monuments of India. [...] Its geography is that of Kuru-kshetra the field of the Kurus ' or the eastern portion of the plain which lies between the Sutlej and the Jumna and Pafichala the country to the souteast betwecn the Jumna and the Ganges. [...] the eastern half of the State of Patidla and of the Delhi division of the Punjab the Alwar State and adjacent territory in Räjputina the region which lies between the Ganges and the Jumna and the Muttra District in the United Provinces). [...] Buddha shared the pessimism of his period the literature of which constantly reminds us of the words of the Preacher—' Vanity of vanities: all is vanity '—and he sought a refuge from the world and a means of escape from existence first in the doctrine of the Atman as set forth in the Upanishads and subsequently in a system of the severest penance and self:mortification.
history
Pages
215
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145692
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii E.J. Rapson view
Chapter I. The Sources of The History of Ancient India
1-23 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter II. The Civilizations of India
24-35 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter III. The Period of the Vedas
36-51 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter IV. The Period of the Brahmanas and Upanishads
52-63 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter V. The Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
64-77 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter VI. The Indian Dominions of the Persian and Macedonian Empires
78-98 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter VII. The Maurya Empire
99-112 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter VIII. India After the Decline of the Maurya Empire
113-121 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter IX. The Successors of Alexander the Great
122-135 E.J. Rapson view
Chapter X. Parthian and Scythian Invaders
136-iv E.J. Rapson view
Index
187-i E.J. Rapson view

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