Selected materials to accompany
Sources of Indian Tradition
(Columbia University Press)
*VOLUME ONE*
*VOLUME TWO*

[*A PEEK AT THE FORTHCOMING NEW VOLUME TWO*]

We're preparing a revised edition of this classic text. The present set of online materials will eventually be rearranged--and expanded--to accompany the new edition. Please bear with us while we gradually pull it all together.
*Overviews* == South Asia writ large


VOLUME ONE: FROM THE BEGINNING TO 1800

*Chapter 1* == Cosmic and Ritual Order in Vedic Literature
*Chapter 2* == The Ultimate Reality in the Upanishads
*Chapter 3* == The Basic Doctrines of Jainism
*Chapter 4* == Jain Philosophy and Political Thought
*Chapter 5* == Theravada Buddhism
*Chapter 6* == Mahayana Buddhism: "The Greater Vehicle"
*Chapter 7* == The Vehicle of the Thunderbolt and the Decline of Buddhism in India
*Chapter 8* == Dharma: The First End of Man
*Chapter 9* == Artha: The Second End of Man
*Chapter 10* == Kama: The Third End of Man
*Chapter 11* == Moksha: The Fourth End of Man
*Chapter 12* == The Songs of Medieval Hindu Devotion
*Chapter 13* == The Foundations of Islam in India
*Chapter 14* == The Muslim Ruler in India
*Chapter 15* == Islamic Mysticism in India
*Chapter 16* == Sikhism: Faith and Practice



VOLUME TWO: MODERN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

*Chapter 1* == The Opening of India to the West
*Chapter 2* == Leaders of Hindu Reform and Revival
*Chapter 3* == Nationalism Takes Root: The Moderates
*Chapter 4* == The Marriage of Politics and Religion: The Extremists
*Chapter 5* == Leaders of Islamic Revival, Reform, and Nationalism in Pre-Independent India
*Chapter 6* == Mahatma Gandhi: Nationalist India's "Great Soul"
*Chapter 7* == Other Nationalist Leaders in the Decades Before Independence
*Chapter 8* == Public Policies for Independent India
*Chapter 9* == Pakistan: Defining an Islamic State

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