TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eraly, Abraham
AU  - Eraly,Abraham
TI  - The First Spring:  The Golden Age of India
SN  - 9780670084784
U1  - R65.1 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Haryana, India
PB  - Penguin Random House India
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; PART I: OVERVIEW  1.	The Golden Age  2.	The Dark Ages  PART II: POLITICAL HISTORY  1.	Mauryan Afterglow  2.	The Aliens  3.	First Hindu Empire  4.	Lords of Middle India  5.	The South Also Rises  6.	Last Emperor  7.	Twilight Centuries  PART III: POLITY  1.	King is Life  2.	Royal Lifestyle  3.	All the King`s Men  4.	The Tax Net  5.	Unequal Laws, Chancy Justice  6.	Forever Wars  7.	Village Democracy  PART IV. ECONOMY  1.	The Earth`s Axle  2.	The Wealth Producers  3.	Labha from Moolah  4.	The Land of Treasures  PART V. SOCIETY  1.	The Caste Grid  2.	The Gods on Earth  3.	The Others  PART VI: FAMILY  1.	Four Stages, Four Goals  2.	The Knot of All Breath  3.	Goddess-Ogress  PART VII: EVERYDAY LIFE  1.	Ends and Means  2.	The Sybarites  3.	The Stuff of Life  4.	Classical Fashions  5.	Kama`s Slaves  PART Vlll: THE SCIENCES  1.	Cultural Efflorescence  2.	Pearls and Pebbles  3.	The Veda of Health  PART IX: PHILOSOPHY  1.	Metaphysics of Metaphor  2.	Matter-Spirit Interplay  3.	Mental Asceticism  4.	Illusion of Reality  5.	Why Cuckoos Sing  6.	Paths in the Sky  7.	Wisdom at Noon  PART X: LITERATURE  1.   The Grafting of Sanskrit  2.   Belle Letters  3.   Courtier Poets  4.   Poets of Love and Angst  5.   Poets of the People  PART XI: THE ARTS  1.   The Fifth Veda  2.   Mansions of Gods  3.   Sermons in Stone  PART XII: RELIGION  1.	Godless Religions  2.	`Be ye your own light`  3.	Little Vehicle, Great Vehicle  4.	Senescence of Buddhism  5.	Polymorphic Religion  6.	Galaxy of Gods  7.	Gods to Romance  8.	Rising by Falling
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