num_pages: 484
description: This sweeping account of ancient India begins with the Indus Valley civilization, then moves on to the Vedic Aryan culture, the age of religious and philosophical ferment, the tenets of Jainism, the founding and consolidation of Buddhism, and Alexander the Great’s advance into India. It concludes with the Mauryan Empire, which, in the 3rd century BC, united an enormous area of the Indian subcontinent. As in The Mughal Throne, Abraham Eraly provides a superb portrait of Indian life and culture.
language: English
title: Gem in the Lotus: The Seeding of Indian Civilisation
titlecomplete: Gem in the Lotus: The Seeding of Indian Civilisation
genres: Religion, Indian Literature, Buddhism, Collections, Nonfiction, India, Ancient History, History
ratings_count: 199
publisher: Phoenix