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245			_aThe First Spring _b The Golden Age of India
260			_aHaryana, India _bPenguin Random House India _c2011
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500			_aincludes index and biblioraphy
505	2		_aPART 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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