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From: paturi@psuvax1.UUCP (Ramamohan Paturi)
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Subject: Books about India
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 14:49:34 EDT
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A good book on ancient India which especially throws light on 
the period of synthesis between the existing the Indus valley 
civilization and the nomadic tribes from Asian steppes. It also
deals with how this synthesis gave rise to Classical India.
A Book which is a well reading for anyone interested in India's roots.

	   "Ancient India: A History of its Culture and Civilization" by
	   Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi
	   Pantheon Books, New York (1966).


PS: I can not resist myself the temptation to add that this book might be of 
more help to Sunil Trivedi (or people like him) as this book might make him 
come far more towards "historical truth" as he is far more distant from the 
"historical truth" (as is evidenced by his occasional comments on India's roots
on the net).

-Ramamohan Paturi
Department of Computer Science (Penn State)
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