Daily life in ancient India, from approximately 200 BC to 700 AD
By: Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor
Series: Daily life series
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 1961
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Civilization
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 304-330) Bibliography: p. 295-300.
Table of contents: title: Part I. An introduction to Indian life : The geographical and historical background; title: The social structure and its religious principles; title: The political and administrative structure; title: Economics and daily life; title: Part II. Individual and collective existence : The background to daily life; title: The importance of religion in daily life; title: The individual and the family; title: Monastic and ascetic life; title: Part III. Royal and aristocratic existence : City life and fashionable existence; title: Royal existence and its environment; title: The public life of the king: imperial pomp.