A Sourcebook of Indian CivilizationNiharranjan Ray, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization aims at familiarising its readers with the various aspects that go into the making of the history of Indian civilisation. The arrangement of the material in the chapters and selections conform to a rationally conceived and planned scheme of history. The contents of the book presents an extensive view of Indian life and thought. |
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... river Euphrates , and which extends to our own inland sea , while the other two parts which lie between the river Euphrates and the Indus will scarcely bear comparison with India even if both were taken together . They also say that ...
... river Euphrates , and which extends to our own inland sea , while the other two parts which lie between the river Euphrates and the Indus will scarcely bear comparison with India even if both were taken together . They also say that ...
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... rivers - the Godavari and its tributaries rising in several spurs of the Western Ghats and going eastwards - flowed over this basal basaltic bed . The climate then was probably of a pluvial type , so that the river carried large pebbles ...
... rivers - the Godavari and its tributaries rising in several spurs of the Western Ghats and going eastwards - flowed over this basal basaltic bed . The climate then was probably of a pluvial type , so that the river carried large pebbles ...
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... river , distant from Tyndis by river and sea five hundred stadia , and up the river from the shore twenty stadia . Nelcynda is distant from Muziris by river and sea about five hundred stadia , and is of another kingdom , the Pandian ...
... river , distant from Tyndis by river and sea five hundred stadia , and up the river from the shore twenty stadia . Nelcynda is distant from Muziris by river and sea about five hundred stadia , and is of another kingdom , the Pandian ...
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CONTENTS | 38 |
Introduction | 77 |
The Land the People and the Environs 1 | 123 |
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