01023nam a22001697a 4500 9780143424567 934 Eraly, Abraham Gem in the Lotus : The Seeding of Indian Civilisation Abraham Eraly Gurgaon, India Penguin Books 2015 ix,586 Pages 15x23 cm PB The Seeding of Indian Civilization. Include Notes, Bibliography and Index. This sweeping account of ancient India begins with the Indus Valley civilization, then moves on to the Vedic Aryan culture, the age of religious and philosophical ferment, the tenets of Jainism, the founding and consolidation of Buddhism, and Alexander the Great’s advance into India. It concludes with the Mauryan Empire, which, in the 3rd century BC, united an enormous area of the Indian subcontinent. As in The Mughal Throne, Abraham Eraly provides a superb portrait of Indian life and culture. India Civilization Vedic literature Religion BK 30712 30712 0 0 0 934_000000000000000_E651G_2015 0 NFIC 30040 GPL GPL GEN 2017-04-20 CRV/GPLM/12/2016 5596.00 2 934 E651G 2015 35690 2019-04-09 2019-03-25 2017-04-20 BK