Pracheen Bharat Ki Sanskriti Aur Sabhyata

The name of Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, a scientific interpreter of ancient Indian culture and civilization, is well known to students of history. Professor Kosambi was a mathematician by profession and served as a professor of mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay for a long time. Besides authoring numerous historical texts, he has also written numerous research papers on sociology, anthropology, and Sanskrit literature. This book is an important effort to interpret and analyze ancient Indian culture and civilization within the context of scientific development. This book provides a coherent discussion of how changes in the means of production impact our cultural development. It also attempts to understand and explain some complex historical questions. Among these many questions are: Was the need for a new religion felt after passing from the stages of grain gathering and animal herding to the agricultural era? How did the developed cities of the Indus Valley Civilization collapse? Was there a race called Aryan, and if so, who were they? Did the caste system ever play a significant role in Indian society? The London Times Literary Supplement reviewed this book, calling it a blazingly original work and the first cultural history of India. With this book, Professor Kosambi has made Indias ancient history not only inspiring but also comprehensible.