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Language English Originally published 1954 Page count 572 (third edition, 1977) | 4.1/5 Goodreads ISBN 0-330-43909-X Subject History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The wonder that was india a csoda ami india volt
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims, is a book on Indian history written by Arthur Llewellyn Basham and first published in 1954. The book was aimed at a western audience. Basham, in the book, has attempted to correct the negative stereotypes of India created by authors like James Mill, Thomas Babington Macaulay and Vincent Arthur Smith. Later in 2005, S. A. A. Rizvi wrote a second volume covering the Islamic period titled The Wonder That Was India - Volume II: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent from the Coming of the Muslims to the British Conquest 1200-1700.
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Thomas Trautmann considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India. The foreword of the 2005 edition by Picador was written by him. David Dean Shulman has said that the book fascinated him.