Life in Ancient India

Charlotte Speir, Life in Ancient India, London: Smith Elder and Company, 1856

464 pages, 1 black and white map, 57 woodcuts in the text by George Scharf; original highly decorated cloth bound with intricate design, showing a Hindu temple and a Priest on upper cover, lower board and spines highly decorated, all edges gilt
8 x 5.6 in (20.2 x 14.5 cm)

This book includes three parts. Part I. India previous to Alexander the Great. Part II. India after the period of Alexander. Part III. India Subsequent to Buddhism. Each book is divided to several chapters. Some topics includes: Creation - Sacrifice - Universal Soul - Code of Manu - Marriage - Death - Epic Pomes - Agriculture - Son of Blind Ascetic - Philosophy - Vedic Period, B.C. 1200 - Hindu History - Sakya Muni - Drama Native to India - "The Hero and Nymph" - Social Life in Ougein - Free Women of India - Science - Art - Retrospect...etc.

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