India : history, economy and society. 8, Modern India and the Indians

First published in 2000.;Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; The Five Gates of India-Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim, and Aden; FirstImpressions; The Villages and Rural Population of India; Samādh, Sacrifice, Self-immolation, and Self-Torture; The Towers of Silence, and the PārsīReligion; Funeral Ceremonies and Offerings to Ancestors at Bombay, Benares, andGayā; Indian Rosaries; Indian Famines; A Relief Camp; General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Northern India; General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Southern India. Trbner's Oriental Series was set up by Kegan Paul Trench & Trbner in 1890. It was undoubtedly the most important English language series in oriental studies of the period, publishing works between 1890 and 1930. The books in the series reflected the scholarly interests of the time, and covered an enormous variety of topics pertaining to Asia, Africa and the Middle language and literatures; religion and philosophy; history and economics, to name but a few. Studies by well-known scholars include Romesh Chunder Dutt on the economic history of India, Emil Bretschneider on the Chinese sources of Asian geography, Donald Campbell on Arabian medicine and William MacGovern on Buddhist philosophy. There are also insights into the early studies of Feng-shui, Hindu mythology and natural history. Many of the titles in the original series have long been out of print. Routledge are thrilled to be reissuing 102 volumes from the original series. The volumes are available as an entire set, as individual volumes and also as mini-sets Africa, the Ancient Near East, Arabic history and culture, Buddhism, China, Indian history, literature, religion and philosophy, Islam, Japan, Persia and Southeast Asia. Cover 1 Half-title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Original Title Page 8 Table of Contents 10 The Five Gates of India—Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim, and Aden 12 First Impressions 38 The Villages and Rural Population of India 50 Samādh, Sacrifice, Self-immolation, and Self-Torture 75 The Towers of Silence, and the Pārsī Religion 91 Funeral Ceremonies and Offerings to Ancestors at Bombay, Benares, and Gayā 108 Indian Rosaries 119 Indian Famines 127 A Relief Camp 132 General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Northern India 136 General Impressions and Notes after Travels in Southern India 191 Indian and European Civilization in their relation to each other and in their effect on the Progress of Christianity 236 Indian Muhammadanism in its relation to Christianity, and the prospects of Missionary Enterprise towards it 249 The Three Religions of India compared with each other and with Christianity 257 Progress of our Indian Empire. Part I. 274 Progress of our Indian Empire. Part II. 312 Promotion of Goodwill and Sympathy between England and India 354 Index 378 This is Volume VIII of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1891, this includes a impressions, notes and essays on the modern India of the time including the five gates of India- Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim and Aden and looking at Indian famines, religion, travel accounts of North and Southern India and funeral ceremonies. This set brings together a broad spectrum of research and translations from Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan and Pali Buddhist sources, detailing the history and philosophy of Buddhism. Romesh Chunder Dutt. This Ed. First Published: London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This set encompasses historical studies on India's financial system, race in Hindu culture, and the position of women in ancient India. The ten volumes in this set provide an important overview of early concepts of Hindu philosophy. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.