History and Sociology in India

Contents: Preface. 1. The beginnings and the background. 2. The Indo-Aryans. 3. The Buddha and Buddhism. 4. Greek invasion of India and rise of the Mauryan empire. 5. Expansion of Indian culture under Asoka. 6. India in the early centuries of the Christian era. 7. Rise of Mahayana Buddhism. 8. Beginnings of Indian art and architecture. 9. Extent of Indian cultural expansion as seen by Fa Hien. 10. Age of the Guptas. 11. Puranic and Tantric Hinduism. 12. Indian literature. 13. India in Huien Tsang\'s time. 14. Decay of Buddhism in India, Muslim conquest and the end of Indian cultural expansion. 15. The Lure of South-East Asia at the dawn of history. 16. The Brahmans as on the threshold of South-East Asia and Early Indian settlements. 17. History of ancient Indonesia and Malaysia. 18. Language and literature. Index.

"Hugo Munsterberg was the first social scientist at Harvard who sought to merge protestant orientation of American philosophy, psychology, and sociology with German positive and experimental science. In doing so, he affirmed an independent social utility for science in a way that emphasizes positivism\'s essential assumption that social "causes" exit, are discoverable by objective experimentation, and can be rationally utilized to construct a better society." (jacket)