The Wonder that was India: A Study of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-continent Before the Coming of the Muslims

7th century ancient India Arthaśāstra Aryan ascetic Aśoka beautiful became Bihār Bodhisattva body Brahman brāhmaṇs Buddha Buddhist carved caste cave century A.D. Ceylon chief Christian Cōla cult culture dancing death Deccan demons depicted developed divine doctrine earliest early earth elephants Empire epic evidence existed goddess gods Greek Gupta period Harappa heaven Hindu Hinduism hymns important Indra Indus inscriptions Jaina Jainism Jātaka Kālidāsa karma king kingdom known Kṛṣṇa kṣatriya land language later legend literature living lord Mahābhārata Mahāvīra Mauryan medieval Megasthenes Middle Ages modern Mohenjo Daro monks Muslim numerous original palace Pāli poem poet poetry popular Prakrit probably rāgas Rāma religion religious Ṛg Veda rites sacred sacrifice Sanskrit script scriptures sculpture sects Śiva soul South story stūpa style śūdra survived Tamil temple texts thought tradition tribes Upanisads usually Vārāṇasī Veda Vedic verses village Western wife women word worshipped yakṣa