INDIA
DISCOVERED
The Recovery of a Lost Civilization
JOHN KEAY
HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain in 1981
First published in paperback by William Collins 1988
Copyright © John Keay 1981
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Source ISBN: 9780007123001
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2010 ISBN: 9780007399642
Version: 2015-06-17
Contents
CHAPTER ONE This Wonderful Country
CHAPTER TWO An Inquisitive Englishman
CHAPTER THREE Thus Spake Ashoka
CHAPTER FOUR Black and Time-Stained Rocks
CHAPTER FIVE The Legacy of Pout
CHAPTER SIX The Old Campaigner
CHAPTER SEVEN Buddha in a Toga
CHAPTER EIGHT A Little Warmer than Necessary
CHAPTER NINE Wild in Human Faith and Warm in Human Feeling
CHAPTER TEN A Subject of Frequent Remark
CHAPTER ELEVEN Hiding Behind the Elgin Marbles
CHAPTER TWELVE Some Primitive Vigour
CHAPTER THIRTEEN New Observations and Discoveries
CHAPTER FOURTEEN An Idolatrous Affection
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Stupendous Fabric of Nature
Author’s Note To Third Edition
1. Aurangzeb’s mosque above Panchganga.
2. James Prinsep with Hindu pandits, Sanskrit College, Benares.
3. The rock of Girnar.
4. The temples of Mahabalipuram.
5. Cave temples of western India.
6. The stupas of Sanchi.
7. The ruined temple of Boddh Gaya.
8. A Buddhist stupa railing at Mathura.
9. The Buddha.
10. A Boddhisattva.
11. The temple complex of Khajuraho.
12. Carving at Khajuraho.
13. The festival of Jagannath at Puri.
14. Colin Mackenzie at work.
15. Bishop Heber’s drawing of Amber palace.
16. Gwalior, the ‘Gibraltar of India’.
17. The Qutb mosque.
18. Shah Jehan’s Jama Masjid.
19. The tomb of Humayun in Delhi.
20. The Taj Mahal in Agra.
21. The Sanchi torso.
22. The wall paintings in the caves of Ajanta.
23.