R. C. Majumdar - The History and Culture of the Indian People (11 Vol. Set)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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BHAVANS BOOK UNIVERSITY

THE HISTORY AND CULTURE

OF THE

INDIAN PEOPLE

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* Allahabad * Amritsar * Andheri * Aurangabad Baroda * Belgaum * Bellary * Bharuch * Bharwari

* Bhopal * Bhubaneshwar * Bhusawal * Chandigarh

Agartala * Ahmedabad Bagalkot * Bangalore *

Bhatpara * Bhimavaram Chatrapur (Bhatti Mines) * Chennai * Coimbatore * Dakor * Dehradun * Guntur Guruvayur * Guwahati * Haldia * Hazira * Hosur * Hubli-Dharwad * Hyderabad Indore * Irinjalakuda * Jabalpur * Jaipur * Jalgaon * Jammu Tawi * Jamnagar Jodhpur * Kakinada * Kammam * Kanchipuram * Kannur * Kanpur * Khor * Kochi Kodagu * Kodaikanal * Kodinar * Kodungallur * Kolhapur * Kolkata * Kollam Korba * Kosamba * Kota * Kottayam * Kozhikode * Kurkunta * Kutch * Lucknow Machilipatnam * Madurai * Malkhed * Mangalore * Mankapur * Modipuram Mukundgarh * MUMBAI H.O. * Mysore * Nadiad * Nagercoil * Nagpur * Nasik Noida * Navi Mumbai * New Delhi * Ottappalam * Palakkad * Panchkula * Patna Ponnani * Pune * Puthucode * Raipur * Ramachandrapuram * Ramanattukara Ratangarh * Reddipalayam * Renukoot * Roorkee * Rourkela * Salav * Satna Secunderabad * Serampore * Shimoga * Siliguri * Suchindram * Surat. Tadepalligudam * Thaliparamba * Thirunavaya * Thiruvananthapuram * Thrissur Tirupati * Udipi-Manipal * Ujjain * Valanchery * Varanasi * Visakhapatnam Wadakkancherry * Wardha * Wayanad : Overseas Centres * London'* New York Toronto * Mexico City Lisbon * Durban * Sydney * Singapore * Kuwait.

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The first volume of this history begins with an introductory section dealing with certain general topics bearing upon the history of India as a whole.

Although dealing with the Vedic age, it gives the necessary geological, geographical and biological background before proceeding to the first stage of human activity in India.

the third section is devoted to a general consideration of the Indo-Aryans; the fourth deals with the political history of the period and the remaining sections, with language and literature, political and legal institutions, social and economic conditions, and religion and philosophy.

In short, this volume covers what may be regarded as, the dawn of Hindu Civilization.

The contributors to this volume are:

R. C. Majumdar

K. N. Dikshit

D. N. Wadia

G. P. Majumdar

B. K. Chatterjee

H. D. Sankalia

S. K. Chatterjee

A. D. Pusalkar

B. K. Ghosh

V. M. Apte

M. A. Mahendale

Foreword by Dr. K. M. Munshi

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BHAVANS BOOK UNIVERSITY

THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE

VOLUME I

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CONTRIBUTORS

R. C. MAJUMDAR

M.A., PH.D., F.R.A.S.B.

Formerly Vice-Chancellor and Professor of History In the University of Dacca

RAO BAHADUR K. N. DIKSHIT

M.A., F.R.A.S.B.

Formerly Director-General of Archaeology, Government of India

D. N. WADIA

M.A., B.SC., F.O.S., F.R.G.S., FJLA.S.B., F.N.I.

Special Adviser to the Government of India

G. P. MAJUMDAR m.sc., ph.d. (Leeds)

Professor of Botany tn the Presidency College, Calcutta

B. K. CHATTERJI M.sc.

Lecturer in Zoology in the Presidency College, Calcutta

H. D. SANKALIA m.a., ll.b., ph.d. (London)

Professor of History in the Deccan College Post-Graduate and

Research Institute, Poona

S. K. CHATTERJI

M.A., D.L1TT. (LOfldon) F.R.A.S.B.

Khaira Professor of Indian Linguistics and Phonetics in the University of Calcutta

A. D. PUSALKER

M.A., LLB., PH.D.

Assistant Director and Head of the Department of Sanskrit Bharatiya Vldya Bhavan

B. K. GHOSH

d.phjl. (Munich), d.litt. (Paris)

Lecturer in Philology In the University of Calcutta

V. M. APTE m.a., ph.d. (Cantab.)

Professor of Sanskrit in the Karnatak College, Dharwar

M. A. MEHENDALE

M.A., PH.D.

Professor of Sanskrit in S. B. Garda College, Navasarl, Bombay

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By Dr. K. M. MUNSHI

In the course of my studies I had long felt the inadequacy of our socalled Indian histories. For many years, therefore, I was planning an elaborate history of India in order not only that Indias past might be described by her sons, but also that the world might catch a glimpse of her soul as Indians see it. The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational society which I founded in 1938, took over the scheme. It was, however, realized only in 1944, when my generous friend Mr. G. D. Birla, one of Indias foremost industrialists, lent me his co-operation and the support of the Shri Krishnarpan Charity Trust of which he is the Chairman. As a result, the Bharatiya Itihasa Samiti, the Academy of Indian History, was formed with the specific object of preparing this series, now styled The History and Culture of the Indian People.