Sources of Indian Tradition: Modern India and Pakistan (Vol. 2) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231064152 ISBN 13: 9780231064156

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1988

Synopsis

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 their writings or sayings.

Chapters address the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslim social and religious reform movements; the emergence of both moderate and extremist nationalisms; the thought of Mahatma Gandhi; public policies for independent India; Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state, and other topics.

About this title

Book Description:

Primary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984, with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state.

About the Author:

Stephen Hay is associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His previous works include Asian Ideas of East and West and Dialogue Between a Theist and an Idolator (edited).

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0231064152
• ISBN 13: 9780231064156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 433
• Editor: Embree Ainslie T., Hay Stephen