Ancient India


The Bhagavad Gita
The Upanishads
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims
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
Ancient India: in Historical Outline
Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
The Palace of Illusions
The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousThe Art of War by Sun TzuAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Books BCE
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Abhijit Naskar
Once upon a time, there was a civilization in the eastern side of the world. It was one of the most advanced civilizations on the planet that existed during that time. This civilization was the glorious Indus valley civilization. No, I am not talking about India. I am talking about the land of greatness that got lost in time. Today, in the same geographical location of that great civilization, we have a piece of earth, which is known as “India”. But do not mistake it to be the same glorious land ...more
Abhijit Naskar, Prescription: Treating India's Soul

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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