Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index.
Contents
Part I. An introduction to Indian life : The geographical and historical background -- The social structure and its religious principles -- The political and administrative structure -- Economics and daily life -- Part II. Individual and collective existence : The background to daily life -- The importance of religion in daily life -- The individual and the family -- Monastic and ascetic life -- Part III. Royal and aristocratic existence : City life and fashionable existence -- Royal existence and its environment -- The public life of the king: imperial pomp.