4 edition of India discovered found in the catalog.
India discovered
John Keay
Published
1981
by Windward in Leicester
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | John Keay ; photographed by Clive Friend ; designed by Philip Clucas ; produced by Ted Smart and David Gibbon. |
| Contributions | Friend, Clive, 1944- |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | DS418 .K4 1981 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 288 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 288 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3887394M |
| ISBN 10 | 0711200475 |
| LC Control Number | 81215792 |
Some Indian contributions to mathematics are well known (at least in India): the zero, the decimal place value system and the commonly used numerals, the so-called “Indo-Arabic” numerals (called Arabic numerals in the West) were discovered in Ancient India. I was trying to avoid getting entangled in a topic like this, because everybody who can read English thinks he (or she) knows about history; it’s so easy to read and to form an opinion about it, right? And then I read two other answers, cleaned my.
The book also describes how Bhimrao Ambedkar, an architect of India’s Constitution and one of the most prominent leaders of Dalits, formerly known as the untouchables in the Indian caste system. GUWAHATI: India’s total tortoise species count has increased to 29 after a group of researchers have discovered a forest-dwelling, medium-sized tortoise species which .
The history of science is the study of the development of science, including both the natural and social sciences (the history of the arts and humanities is termed history of scholarship).Science is a body of empirical, theoretical, and practical knowledge about the natural world, produced by scientists who emphasize the observation, explanation, and prediction of real-world phenomena. An interpretative history of India from her pre-historic Indus Valley civilization to the present period of English imperialism as seen through the microscope of a brilliant westernised humanist, written during his war-time imprisonment. This is a discovery of India in terms of her past, her geography, religion, art, racial groups. And here, too, are the years of English domination and its.
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This book is a single handed justification of taste for all students and enthusiasts of history, and a veritable wake-up call to all those who maintain that history can be nothing but boring.
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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama is credited with discovering the country India. The explorer sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, inarriving in Calicut, India, in May Vasco da Gama is credited with opening a sea route from Europe to the East.
He sailed again to India inthis time meeting resistance from Muslim traders in the region. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the book ‘The Discovery of India’, during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar fort for participating in the Quit India Movement ( – ).
The book was written during Nehru’s four years of confinement to solitude in prison and is his way of paying an homage to his beloved country and its rich culture/5(). Discovery of india by Jawahar Lal Nehru. Usage Public Domain Mark Topics Jawahar Lal Nehru, Discovery of India Collection opensource Language English.
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John Keay is a writer, broadcaster and historian whose books include ‘Into India’, ‘India Discovered’, ‘When Men and Mountains Meet’, ‘Highland Drove’, ‘The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company’, ‘The Great Arc’, ‘China: A History’ and (with his wife, Julia Keay) the ‘Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland’/5().
ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: Previous edition: Leicester: Windward, Description: [] pages: illustrations ; 22 cm. ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm. “Two hundred years ago India was seen as a place with little history and less culture,” says a blurb on the back cover of John Keay’s “India Discovered,” originally published in The book credits the British for transforming India into a country now “revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent classical age and a cultural /5(31).
People in India have been living for more t years. There was really no need for India to be discovered by the natives of India, at least not for the last years. India Discovered by John Keay,available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide/5(). What ancient India really discovered and invented.
folomojo A L Basham, an Australian Indologist, writes in his book, The Wonder That was India, "The world owes most to India in the realm of. "Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the book ‘The Discovery of India’, during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar fort for participating in the Quit India Movement ( – ).
The book was written during Nehru’s four years of confinement to solitude in prison and is his way of paying an homage to his beloved country and its rich culture.
The book started from ancient history, Nehru wrote. Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent classical age and a cultural tradition unique in both character and continuity.
How this extraordinary change in perception came about is the subject of this fascinating book. Gives An Understanding Of The Glorious Intellectual And Spiritual Tradition Of (A) Great Country.' Albert EinsteinWritten Over Five Months When Jawaharlal Nehru Was Imprisoned In The Ahmadnagar Fort, The Discovery Of India Has Acquired The Status Of A Classic Since It Was First Published In In This Work Of Prodigious Scope And Scholarship, One Of The 3/5(4).
I recently finished reading 'India Discovered' by John Keay. It is a must read book for every Indian, who wants to maintain a balanced view on the Right-wing nationalist version of history, the Sone ki Chidiya story, which seems to be getting more and more popular.Jhon Keay's India: A History is a probing and provocative chronicle of five thousand years of South Asian history, from the first Harrapan settlements on the banks of the Indus River to the recent nuclear-arms race.
In a tour de force of narrative history, Keay blends together insights from a variety of scholarly fields and weaves them together to chart the evolution of the rich 4/5(18).India Discovered: The Recovery of a Lost Civilization by Keay, John. William Collins, Paperback. Used; Good. Fast Dispatch.
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