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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	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]].<ref name=Interpreted/>		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]].<ref name=Interpreted/>

	==Reception==		==Reception==
	[[Thomas Trautmann]] considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India.<ref name=Trautmann>{{cite news\|title=Kinship and language\|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2614/stories/20090717261408000.htm\|accessdate=19 August 2015\|work=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]]}}</ref> The foreword of the 2005 edition by [[Picador]] was written by him.<ref name=Interpreted>{{cite news\|title=India interpreted\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2005/03/06/stories/2005030600160200.htm\|accessdate=19 August 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=6 March 2005}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=Trautmann/> [[David Dean Shulman]] has said that the book fascinated him.<ref name=Indologist>{{cite news\|title=An accomplished Indologist\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/an-accomplished-indologist/article3217418.ece\|accessdate=19 August 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\| date=10 March 2006}}</ref>		[[Thomas Trautmann]] considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India.<ref name=Trautmann>{{cite news\|title=Kinship and language\|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2614/stories/20090717261408000.htm\|accessdate=19 August 2015\|work=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]]}}</ref> The foreword of the 2005 edition by [[Picador]] was written by him.<ref name=Interpreted>{{cite news\|title=India interpreted\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2005/03/06/stories/2005030600160200.htm\|accessdate=19 August 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=6 March 2005}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=Trautmann/> [[David Dean Shulman]] has said that the book fascinated him.<ref name=Indologist>{{cite news\|title=An accomplished Indologist\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/an-accomplished-indologist/article3217418.ece\|accessdate=19 August 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\| date=10 March 2006}}</ref>
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{{Infobox book
| name = The Wonder That Was India
| image = File:TheWonderThatWasIndia.jpg
| caption = First edition
| alt = Cover
| author = [[Arthur Llewellyn Basham]]
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = English
| series =
| subject = [[History]]
| published = 1954 by [[Sidgwick & Jackson]]
| pages = 572 ''(third edition, 1977)''
| awards =
| isbn = 0-330-43909-X
| oclc =
| congress =
| preceded_by =
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'''''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.<ref name=Picador2004>{{Cite book| last = Basham | first = A. L. | title = The Wonder That was India | isbn = 0-330-43909-X| year = 2004 | publisher = [[Picador]] | location = London | url = https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6357199 }}</ref>

==Synopsis==
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]].<ref name=Interpreted/>
==Reception==
[[Thomas Trautmann]] considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India.<ref name=Trautmann>{{cite news|title=Kinship and language|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2614/stories/20090717261408000.htm|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]}}</ref> The foreword of the 2005 edition by [[Picador]] was written by him.<ref name=Interpreted>{{cite news|title=India interpreted|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2005/03/06/stories/2005030600160200.htm|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 March 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=Trautmann/> [[David Dean Shulman]] has said that the book fascinated him.<ref name=Indologist>{{cite news|title=An accomplished Indologist|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/an-accomplished-indologist/article3217418.ece|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]| date=10 March 2006}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[The Greatness That Was Babylon]]''

== References ==
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