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Since 1958 Sources Of Indian Tradition Has Been One Of The Most Important And Widely Used Texts On Civilization In South Asia (Now The Nation-States Of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, And Nepal). It Has Helped Generations Of Students And Lay Readers Understand How Leading Thinkers There Have Looked At Life, The Traditions Of Their Ancestors, And The World They Lived In. This Second Edition Has Been Extensively Revised, With Much New Material Added. Introductory Essays Explain The Particular Setting In Which These Thinkers Have Expressed Their Ideas About Religious, Social, Political, And Economic Questions. Brief Summaries Precede Each Passage From Their Writings Or Sayings. Chapters Address Such Topics As The Opening Of India To The West; Hindu And Muslim Social And Religious Reform Movements; The Emergence Of Both Moderate And Extremist Nationalisms; The Thought Of Mahatma Gandhi; Public Policies For Independent India; And Pakistan S Formation As An Islamic State. The Book Includes A Chronology Of The Subcontinent S History From 1498 To 1984.