Ancient India


The Bhagavad Gita
The Upanishads
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century
Ancient India
A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300
The Rig Veda
Mahabharata
India's Ancient Past
Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian
Ramayana
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati
Ancient India: in Historical Outline
Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by UnknownAesop’s Fables by AesopThe Art of War by Sun Tzu
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Abhijit Naskar
While Indian CEOs in Non-Indian companies are getting all the praise and admiration from the Indians, startups born on Indian soil remain unrecognized - this is not a matter of pride, it's a matter of shame, especially for a population whose history is replete with mathematical, scientific and philosophical achievements. ...more
Abhijit Naskar, Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism

Even two hundred years ago, when the British finally defeated the divided yet dominant Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817, India was a very static place. Most Indians could not have just packed their bags and easily relocated from Maratha Pune to Mughal Delhi, or from British Calcutta to Sikh Lahore—much less from a small fort–town in Rajputana to rural Mysore. Besides logistics, language was a significant barrier and so were social acceptance and job opportunities. The average In ...more
Harsh Madhusudan, A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational State

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