Sources of Indian Tradition: Modern India and Pakistan

by William Theodore de Bary

Book Overview

Since 1958 one of the most important and widely used texts on civilization in South Asia (now the nation-states of India, Pakstan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal), this classic is now extensively revised, with much new material added. Introductory essays explain the particular settings in which leading Indian thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious, social, political, and economic questions. Brief summaries precede each passage from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231064152
• ISBN13: 9780231064156
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

One of the best collections ever

Most of the time I have large problems with huge collections of primary sources such as this too often we get a picture of society from the top down and not the bottom up. Whoever complied this collection did a very good job. There are sources from everywhere the old Mughal Empire, occupying British forces trying to take over India, Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, even Bose who is most often overlooked. There are even examples from the untouchables activists. Before I started the course for modern south asian history I didn't even know that there were such activists. Overall-Stephen Hay did his homework. If you have an interest in Modern India this is the book to get.