The wounder that was India
by A.L.Basham

A.L.Basham`s The wounder that was Indian is a brilliant early history of one of the oldest civilasations. When it was first published in the unioted kingdom in 1954, it became an instant hit, as it would in United States a few years later. Since that it has consistantly found an avid readership all over the world. The wounder that was India is a classic that anybody with an interest in the civilisational begnings of india must read. It is a work of uncompromising scholarship and a labour of love.