Author | Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
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Language | English |
Subject | History |
Published | 1954 by Sidgwick & Jackson |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Pages | 572 (third edition, 1977) |
ISBN | 0-330-43909-X |
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims, is a book on Indian history written by Arthur Llewellyn Basham and first published in 1954.[1]
The book was aimed at a western audience. Basham, in the book, has attempted to correct the negative stereotypes of India created by authors like James Mill, Thomas Babington Macaulay and Vincent Arthur Smith.[2]
Thomas Trautmann considers this book his primary influence which encouraged him to study India.[3] The foreword of the 2005 edition by Picador was written by him.[2][3] David Dean Shulman has said that the book fascinated him.[4]