Collected Works of Dr. Radhakamal Mukerjee : The Culture and Art of India

Contents: Preface. Introduction: The spirit of Indian civilization. 1. The culture of the Indus. 2. The culture of the Sarasvati. 3. The Mahabharata: continent, culture and literature. 4. The first reformation: Ajivikism, Jainism and Buddhism. 5. The secularism and universalism of the Maurya renaissance. 6. Humanism in early Buddhist art. 7. The tolerance and cosmopolitanism of the Sunga renaissance. 8. The second reformation: the transformation f Buddhism into a world religion. 9. The classic perfection and splendour of the Gupta renaissance. 10. Life and learning at the Buddhist universities. 11. Buddhism as the builder of Asian unity. 12. Colonial culture and art: India of the islands. 13. The golden age of Indian art: from Gupta classicism and humanism to medieval romanticism and cosmism. 14. The third reformation: the rise of Sankara Vedanta. 15. The Tantrika synthesis and its triumph: from Vajra to Sahaja, from Yoga to Karuna. 16. The warlike chivalry and glamour of the Rajput renaissance. 17. The fourth reformation: the Bhakti and Sufi movements as bridges between Hinduism and Islam. 18. The eclecticism and humanism of Mughal culture and art. 19. The resurgence of Hinduism. 20. The liberalism and idealism of the Indo-British renaissance. Epilogue. Bibliography. Time-chart of Indian civilization. Index.