The Ancient South Asian World

Résumé du livre

Beads in the backyard -- Mountains and monsoons -- Stone serpents -- Farmers and herders -- Gadgets galore -- Walls and wells -- Scratches, seals, and symbols -- The cities of the Indus -- Going shopping -- By land and by sea -- Dying rivers and growing cities -- Fire and sacrifice -- Two great adventures -- New Gods -- Two gentle religions -- Empires and evidence -- With friends like these, who needs enemies? -- Nothing but a zero -- Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha -- The example of service -- Who's in charge here, anyway? -- A place for everyone and everyone in her place -- South Asia's golden age -- Gods, caves, and Kalidasa -- The people are fond of festivity.