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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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Latest revision as of 10:06, 10 January 2022
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| Author | Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | History |
| Published | 1954 by Sidgwick & Jackson |
| Pages | 572 (third edition, 1977) |
| ISBN | 0-330-43909-X |
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.[1]
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
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.[2]
Reception[edit | edit source]
Thomas Trautmann considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India.[3] The foreword of the 2005 edition by Picador was written by him.[2][3] David Dean Shulman has said that the book fascinated him.[4]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Basham, A. L. (2004). The Wonder That was India. London: Picador. ISBN 0-330-43909-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "India interpreted". The Hindu. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2015.[dead link]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kinship and language". Frontline. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "An accomplished Indologist". The Hindu. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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