Righteous Republic : : The Political Foundations of Modern India / / Ananya Vajpeyi.
What India's founders derived from Western political traditions as they struggled to free their country from colonial rule is widely understood. Less well-known is how India's own rich knowledge traditions of two and a half thousand years influenced these men as they set about constructing...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 1 line illustration, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Mohandas Gandhi
- 2 Rabindranath Tagore
- 3 Abanindranath Tagore
- 4 Jawaharlal Nehru
- 5 Bhimrao Ambedkar
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: The Indexical Complexity of Tagore's Meghdūt
- Appendix B: Thirteenth Rock Edict of Aśoka
- Appendix C: The State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005
- Appendix D: From Ambedkar's Published Introduction to The Buddha and His Dhamma
- Appendix E: From "Gospel of Equality: The Buddha and the Future of His Religion," 1950
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index