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Common terms and phrasesachievements agency Akbar Alberuni Amartya Sen ancient Arabic argued arguments Aryabhata Ashoka Asia Asian astronomy Ayesha Jalal basic beliefs Bengali Brahmagupta British Buddhist Calcutta Cambridge Carvaka century BCE China Chinese civilization claim contemporary context contrast critical critique Delhi Delhi and Oxford democracy discussed in Essay distinct diverse earlier economic emperor example fact famine favour Faxian female-male ratio films freedom Gandhi gender inequality global heterodoxy Hindu Hinduism Hindutva Hindutva movement human ideas important India Indian culture Indian history Indian identity influence intellectual interest involved Islamic issue Japan Jean Dreze Kerala literature London mathematics millennium modern Muslim nuclear Oxford University Press Pakistan Parsees particularly political Rabindranath Tagore Ramayana relevance religion religious role Sanskrit Satyajit Ray scepticism sectarian secularism subcontinent Tagore's tended tion tolerance tradition translation understanding West Western women Xuanzang Yi Jing York References to this bookFrom other books
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