BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE PEOPLES OF INDIA AND THE CASTE SYSTEM -- SELECTED GROUPS -- ANDAMANESE -- BADAGA -- BHIL -- BHUTIA -- BODO -- BOHRAS -- BUNDELA -- GOND -- HO -- KHARIA -- KHARIA -- KHASI -- KHOJA -- KHOND -- KOLI -- KORKU -- KOTA -- KUKI -- LEPCHA -- MAGAR -- MARATHA -- MEITHEI -- MINA -- MIZO -- MUNDA -- NAGA -- ORAON -- PAHARI -- SANSI -- SANTHAL -- SAVARA -- TAMIL -- TODA -- CASTE -- VARNAS -- JATIS -- CULTURAL MILIEU -- FAMILY AND KINSHIP -- FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS -- CUISINE -- CLOTHING -- SPORTS AND RECREATION -- MEDIA AND PUBLISHING -- CHAPTER 2 INDIAN LANGUAGES AND WRITING SYSTEMS -- INDIAN LANGUAGES -- INDO-ARYAN (INDIC) -- DRAVIDIAN -- OTHER LANGUAGES AND LINGUA FRANCAS -- INDIC WRITING SYSTEMS -- KHAROSTHI -- BRAHMI -- GUPTA SCRIPTS -- GRANTHA ALPHABET -- DEVANAGARI -- CHAPTER 3 HINDUISM -- THE TERM HINDUISM -- GENERAL NATURE OF HINDUISM -- THE FIVE TENSILE STRANDS -- DOCTRINE -- PRACTICE -- SOCIETY -- STORY -- DEVOTION -- CENTRAL CONCEPTIONS -- VEDA, BRAHMANS, AND ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY -- DOCTRINE OF ATMAN-BRAHMAN -- KARMA, SAMSARA, AND MOKSHA -- DHARMA AND THE THREE PATHS -- ASHRAMAS: THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE -- PRACTICAL HINDUISM -- RITUALS, SOCIAL PRACTICES, AND INSTITUTIONS -- SACRED TIMES AND FESTIVALS -- CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: VISUAL ARTS, THEATRE, AND DANCE -- HINDUISM AND THE WORLD BEYOND -- HINDUISM AND ISLAM -- HINDUISM AND CHRISTIANITY -- DIASPORIC HINDUISM -- CHAPTER 4 OTHER INDIGENOUS INDIAN RELIGIONS AND INDIAN PHILOSOPHY -- RELIGIONS -- SIKHISM -- HISTORY AND DOCTRINE -- SIKH PRACTICE -- SECTS AND OTHER GROUPS -- CONCLUSION -- JAINISM -- HISTORY -- IMPORTANT FIGURES OF JAIN LEGEND -- DOCTRINES OF JAINISM -- RITUAL PRACTICES AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS -- JAINISM AND OTHER RELIGIONS -- BUDDHISM -- THE BUDDHA'S MESSAGE -- EXPANSION OF BUDDHISM.

BUDDHISM UNDER THE GUPTAS AND PALAS -- THE DEMISE OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA -- CONTEMPORARY REVIVAL -- INDIAN PHILOSOPHY -- SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY -- A GENERAL HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER 5 INDIAN VISUAL ARTS -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN ART -- THE UNITY OF INDIAN ART -- THE MATERIALS OF INDIAN ART -- INDIAN AND FOREIGN ART -- INDIAN ART AND RELIGION -- THE ARTIST AND PATRON -- THE APPRECIATION OF INDIAN ART -- INDIAN SCULPTURE -- INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (C. 2500-1800 BC) -- MAURYA PERIOD (C. 3RD CENTURY BC) -- SECOND AND FIRST CENTURIES BC -- IN THE FIRST TO FOURTH CENTURIES AD -- GUPTA PERIOD (C. 4TH-6TH CENTURIES AD) -- MEDIEVAL INDIAN SCULPTURE -- INDIAN PAINTING -- PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC PERIODS -- ANCIENT WALL PAINTING -- EASTERN INDIAN STYLE -- WESTERN INDIAN STYLE -- TRANSITION TO THE MUGHAL AND RAJASTHANI STYLES -- MODERN PERIOD -- INDIAN DECORATIVE ARTS -- PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD -- ISLAMIC PERIOD -- CHAPTER 6 INDIAN MUSIC -- FOLK, CLASSICAL, AND POPULAR MUSIC -- RURAL AREAS -- CLASSICAL MUSIC -- NONCLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE CITIES -- ANTIQUITY -- VEDIC CHANT -- THE CLASSICAL PERIOD -- MEDIEVAL PERIOD -- PRECURSORS OF THE MEDIEVAL SYSTEM -- FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRAMA-RAGAS -- THE ISLAMIC PERIOD -- IMPACT ON MUSICAL GENRES AND AESTHETICS -- THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- THE MODERN PERIOD -- RHYTHMIC ORGANIZATION -- MUSICAL FORMS AND INSTRUMENTS -- INTERACTION WITH WESTERN MUSIC -- CHAPTER 7 INDIAN PERFORMING ARTS -- INDIAN DANCE -- CLASSICAL DANCE -- FOLK DANCE -- MODERN INDIAN DANCE -- DANCE-TRAINING CENTRES -- INDIAN THEATRE -- CLASSICAL THEATRE -- FOLK THEATRE -- MODERN THEATRE -- CHAPTER 8 INDIAN ARCHITECTURE -- INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (C. 2500-1800 BC) -- THE MAURYA PERIOD (C. 321-185 BC).

EARLY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE (2ND CENTURY BC-3RD CENTURY AD) -- THE GUPTA PERIOD (4TH-6TH CENTURIES AD) -- MEDIEVAL TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE -- NORTH INDIAN STYLE -- SOUTH INDIAN STYLE -- ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE DELHI AND PROVINCIAL SULTANATES -- ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE MUGHAL STYLE -- EUROPEAN TRADITIONS AND THE MODERN PERIOD -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.