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Original Title:	The Discovery of India
Edition Language:	English

The Discovery of India

Jawaharlal Nehru

Paperback | Pages: 592 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 6397 Users | 292 Reviews

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Title	:	The Discovery of India
Author	:	Jawaharlal Nehru
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	New Impression
Pages	:	Pages: 592 pages
Published	:	1960 by Asia Publishing House (first published 1946)
Categories	:	History. Cultural. India. Nonfiction. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Politics

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Written over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned in the Ahmadnagar Fort, The Discovery of India has acquired the status of a classic since it was first published in 1946. In this work of prodigious scope and scholarship, one of the greatest figures of Indian history unfolds the panorama of the country's rich and complex past, from prehistory to the last years of British colonial rule. Analysing texts like the Vedas and the Arthashastra, and personalities like the Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru brings alive an ancient culture that has seen the flowering of the world's great traditions of philosophy, science and art, and almost all its major religions. Nehru's brilliant intellect, deep humanity and lucid style make The Discovery of India essential reading for anyone interested in India, both its past and its present.

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It took me an awful amount of time to finish reading this. That is partly because this is a long book, partly because I am running hectic this spring, and partly because a lot of sections distracted me into daydreams and long emotional rides on the thought train. Every Indian should read it. This book did make me realise that India, the way we know it, in its present form, with our complete southern and northeastern frontiers was envisioned by this man. He indeed did discover India. To be

My lousy reading is non professional to such extends that the only historical quote I remember of, is by Captain America(probably not originally by him even) 'Those who ignore the past are bound to repeat the same mistakes in future'. The point is, this seemingly political history book, had me(the local yokel here) baffled, with amusement and admiration, towards its concise and stylized prose, excellent research, catholic views and humility in presentation.Discovery of India, starts and ends in

I loved reading this book when I was a teenager. I am hoping to re-read it again to experience it again. Nehru has a very engaging style and he was a very intelligent man who felt quite passionately about India. He was a freedom-fighter before India gained its independence from the British empire. He eventually became the first Prime Minister of independent India. This tome was written when he was in prison for fighting the British Raj before India was independent. His presentation of India's

great book about India. Nehru looks impressive in his writing. But doubts arises about his pre independence thoughts and work he done after becoming the first pm of india.. In this book we can get an idea about old India and British India through Nehru's view.

Still the best history book I have read in my life. Ah, the wonders we lose when geniuses go into politics.

'The discovery of Indiawhat have I discovered? It was pre-sumptuous of me to imagine that I could unveil her and find out what she is to-day and what she was in the long past. Today she is four hundred million separate individual men and women, each differing from the other, each living in a private universe of thought and feeling. India is a geographical and economic entity, a cultural unity amidst diversity, a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads. Overwhelmed

I cannot think of anyone more romantic than Nehru. The way he writes about India, you'd think he was having his biggest love affair of all with her. I loved this book. For anyone who'd like to have a historical tour of India by an Indian man who loves India, this book is it. He doesn't make apologies for aspects of India's history that are less than palatable, nor does he try to deny them. Nehru's book gives us an insight into the ideologies that were prevalent in pre-independence India. I