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

7th century Ajantā ancient India Arthaśāstra Āryan ascetics Asoka Banāras beautiful became Bihār Bodhisattva body Brahmā brāhmaṇs Buddha Buddhist carved caste cave century A.D. Ceylon chief Christian cosmic cult culture dancing death Deccan developed Dharma divine doctrine dynasty earliest early earth elephants empire epic evidence Gandhāra goddess gods Greek Gupta period Harappā heaven Hindu Hinduism hymns important Indra influence inscriptions Jaina Jainism Jātaka Kālidāsa king king's kingdom Kșşņa land language later legend literature living lord Mahābhārata Mahāvīra Manu Mathurā Mauryan medieval Megasthenes Middle Ages modern Mohenjo Daro monks Muslim nāgas numerous original Pāli poem poet poetry Prākrit probably rāga Rāma Rāvana religion religious Rg Veda royal sacred sacrifice Sānchi Sanskrit scriptures sculpture sects Śiva soul story stūpa style survived Sūtras Tamil temple texts thought tion tradition tribes Upanişads usually Varuņa Vedic verse village Vişņu Western wife women word worshipped