Radhakumud Mookerji: Men and thought in Ancient India.

MacMillan and Co., London, 1924, 201 Seiten mit 5 Karten und 4 Bildtafeln. Gebunden Leinen.

Erstausgabe ?? (zumindest Erstausgabe für das Vorwort von Radha Kumud Mukherjee vom April 1924) 5 Kapitel aus der Geschichte von Hinduismus, Buddhismus und dem alten Indien von "Radha Kumud Mukherjee (1884–1964; also spelled Radhakumud or Radha Kumud Mookerji), was an Indian historian and a noted Indian nationalist during the period of British colonial rule. He was the brother of the sociologist, Radhakamal Mukerjee. Mukherjee obtained a doctorate from the University of Calcutta in 1905 and joined the newly established National Council of Education, teaching at the Bengal National College. After 1915, he embarked on a series of tenures at universities in Benares, Mysore, and Lucknow. He published Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times in 1912. He was an advocate of the notion of Greater India in which Indian merchants and adventurers with huge fleets brought Indians to Southeast Asia and became the foundation of kingdoms in that region. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Public Affairs." (Wikipedia) - Yājñavalkya (vedischer Rishi unter dem legendären König Janaka) - The Buddha - Asoka (indischer Herrscher vor Christi) - Samudragupta (war der zweite große Herrscher der nordindischen Gupta-Dynastie. Die damalige Hauptstadt des Gupta-Reiches war Pataliputra nahe bei der heutigen Stadt Patna im indischen Bundesstaat Bihar) - Harsha (war ein nordindischer Großkönig aus dem 7. Jahrhundert und eine Lichtgestalt im beginnenden indischen Mittelalter) - Index.