Alberuni's India : an account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about A.D. 1030
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Alberuni's India : an account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about A.D. 1030
（Trübner's Oriental series, 45-46 . India : history,
Routledge, 2000
- : India : [set]
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- v. 2
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Reprint. Originally published: London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1910
Includes index
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: India : [set] ISBN 9780415242882
Description
This set encompasses historical studies on India's financial system, race in Hindu culture, and the position of women in ancient India. It includes three seminal works by the Indian historian Romesh Chunder Dutt on the history of civilisation. W.W Hunter's The Indian Empire covers a vast variety of topics during 100 to 1880 AD. Racial Synthesis in Hindu Culture by Viswanatha is a study of non-Aryan culture in India as an attempt to illustrate the gradual fusion of Indian and European cultures. Sachau provides an excellent translation of al-Biruni's celebrated travel account on medieval India.
Table of Contents
Women in Ancient India Clarisse Bader Hb: 0-415-24489-7: 358pp: The Financial Systems of India Gyan Chand Hb: 0-415-24490-0: 466pp: A History of Civilisation in Ancient India: Volume I Romesh Chunder Dutt Hb: 0-415-24491-9: 408pp: A History of Civilisation in Ancient India: Volume II Romesh Chunder Dutt Hb: 0-415-24492-7: 374pp: The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule Romesh Chunder Dutt Hb: 0-415-24493-5: 462pp: The Economic History of India in the Victorian Age Romesh Chunder Dutt Hb: 0-415-24494-3: 652pp: The Indian Empire: its History, People and Products W. W. Hunter Hb: 0-415-24495-1: 782pp: Modern India and the Indians Monier Monier-Williams Hb: 0-415-24496-X: 387pp: Alberuni's India: Volume I Edward C. Sachau Hb: 0-415-24497-8: 462pp: Alberuni's India: Volume II Edward C. Sachau Hb: 0-415-24498-6: 338pp: Racial Synthesis in Hindu Culture S. V. Viswanatha Hb: 0-415-24499-4: 244pp:
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v. 1 ISBN 9780415244978
Description
This is Volume IX of eleven in a collection of India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1910, this is the first part of an account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of Alberuni's India about A.D. 1030.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. ON THE HINDUS IN GENERAL, AS AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR ACCOUNT OF THEM. CHAPTER II. ON THE BELIEF OF THE HINDUS IN GOD. CHAPTER III. ON THE HINDU BELIEF AS TO CREATED THINGS, BOTH INTELLIGIBII,IA AND SENSIBILIA. CHAPTER IV. FROM WHAT CAUSE ACTION ORIGINATES, AND HO'V THE SOUL IS CONNECTED WITH MATTER. CHAPTER V. ON THE STATE OF THE SOULS, AND THEIR MIGRATIONS THROUGH THE WORLD IN THE METEMPSYCHOSIS. CHAPTER VI. ON 'THE DIFFERENT WORLDS, AND ON THE PLACES OF RETRIBUTION IN PARADISE AND HELL. CHAPTER VII. ON THD NATURE ON THE LIBERATION FROM THE WORLD, AND ON THE PATH LEADING THERETO. CHAPTER VIII. ON THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CREATED BEINGS, AND ON THEIR NAMES. CHAPTER IX. ON THE CASTES, CALLED COLOURS (VAR~A), AND ON THE CLASSES BELOW THEM. CHAPTER X. ON THE SOURCE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL LAW,' ON PROPHETS, AND ON THE QUESTION WHE'THER SINGLE LAWS CAN BE ABROGATED OR NOT. CHAPTER XI. ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF IDOL-WORSHIP, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IDOLS. CHAPTER XII. ON THE VEDA, THE PUR.A~AS, AND OTHER KINDS OF THEIR NATIONAL LITERATURE. CHAPTER XIII. THEIR GRAMMATICAL AND METRICAL LITERATURE.CHAPTER XIV. HINDU LITERATURE IN THE OTHER SCIENCES-ASTRONOMY, ASTROLOGY, ETC.CHAPTER XV. NOTES ON HINDU METROLOGY, INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL KINDS OF MEASUREMENTS WHICH OCCUR IN THIS BOOK. CHAPTER XVI. NOTES ON THE WR~TING O~ THE HINDUS, ON THEIR ARITH[1]METIC AND RELATED SUBJEC'l'S, AND ON CERTAIN STRANGE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THEIRS. CHAPTER XVII. ON HINDU SCIENCES WHICH PREY ON THE IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE.CHAPTER XVIII. VARIOUS NOTES ON THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR RIVERS, AND THEIR OCEAN-ITINERARIES OF THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THEIR SEVERAL KINGDOMS, AND BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR COUNTRY. Part Contents/
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v. 2 ISBN 9780415244985
Description
This is Volume X of eleven in a collection of India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1910, this is the second part of an account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of Alberuni's India about A.D. 1030.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. ON THE HINDUS IN GENERAL, AS AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR ACCOUNT OF THEM. CHAPTER II. ON THE BELIEF OF THE HINDUS IN GOD. CHAPTER III. ON THE HINDU BELIEF AS TO CREATED THINGS, BOTH INTELLIGIBII,IA AND SENSIBILIA. CHAPTER IV. FROM WHAT CAUSE ACTION ORIGINATES, AND HO'V THE SOUL IS CONNECTED WITH MATTER. CHAPTER V. ON THE STATE OF THE SOULS, AND THEIR MIGRATIONS THROUGH THE WORLD IN THE METEMPSYCHOSIS. CHAPTER VI. ON 'THE DIFFERENT WORLDS, AND ON THE PLACES OF RETRIBUTION IN PARADISE AND HELL. CHAPTER VII. ON THD NATURE ON THE LIBERATION FROM THE WORLD, AND ON THE PATH LEADING THERETO. CHAPTER VIII. ON THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CREATED BEINGS, AND ON THEIR NAMES. CHAPTER IX. ON THE CASTES, CALLED COLOURS (VAR~A), AND ON THE CLASSES BELOW THEM. CHAPTER X. ON THE SOURCE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL LAW,' ON PROPHETS, AND ON THE QUESTION WHE'THER SINGLE LAWS CAN BE ABROGATED OR NOT. CHAPTER XI. ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF IDOL-WORSHIP, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IDOLS. CHAPTER XII. ON THE VEDA, THE PUR.A~AS, AND OTHER KINDS OF THEIR NATIONAL LITERATURE. CHAPTER XIII. THEIR GRAMMATICAL AND METRICAL LITERATURE.CHAPTER XIV. HINDU LITERATURE IN THE OTHER SCIENCES-ASTRONOMY, ASTROLOGY, ETC.CHAPTER XV. NOTES ON HINDU METROLOGY, INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL KINDS OF MEASUREMENTS WHICH OCCUR IN THIS BOOK. CHAPTER XVI. NOTES ON THE WR~TING O~ THE HINDUS, ON THEIR ARITH[1]METIC AND RELATED SUBJEC'l'S, AND ON CERTAIN STRANGE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THEIRS. CHAPTER XVII. ON HINDU SCIENCES WHICH PREY ON THE IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE.CHAPTER XVIII. VARIOUS NOTES ON THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR RIVERS, AND THEIR OCEAN-ITINERARIES OF THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THEIR SEVERAL KINGDOMS, AND BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR COUNTRY. Part Contents/
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