The Wonder That Was India

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The Wonder That Was India
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First edition
Author Arthur Llewellyn Basham
LanguageEnglish
Subject History
Published1954 by Sidgwick & Jackson
Publication place United Kingdom
Pages572 (third edition, 1977)
ISBN 0-330-43909-X

The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims, is a book on Indian history written by Arthur Llewellyn Basham and first published in 1954. [1]

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Synopsis

The book was aimed at a western audience. Basham, in the book, has attempted to correct the negative stereotypes of India created by authors like James Mill, Thomas Babington Macaulay and Vincent Arthur Smith. [2]

Reception

Thomas Trautmann considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India. [3] The foreword of the 2005 edition by Picador was written by him. [2] [3] David Dean Shulman has said that the book fascinated him. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Basham, A. L. (2004). The Wonder That was India. London: Picador. ISBN   0-330-43909-X.
  2. 1 2 "India interpreted". The Hindu . 6 March 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2015.[ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "Kinship and language". Frontline . Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "An accomplished Indologist". The Hindu . 10 March 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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