Forgotten Civilisation
By the 1700s, India had forgotten much of its own past. Ancient dynasties had faded from memory and Buddhism had all but vanished. Forgotten Civilizations tells how fifteen British officers pieced that history back together: William Jones linked Chandragupta Maurya to Greek records, Charles Wilkins created the first Bengali typeface, and Alexander Cunningham dug at Harappa. The story of how India rediscovered its lost history.
01. 1. A Scholar's Voyage
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02. 2. The Asiatic Society and the Sanskrit Revelation
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03. 3. The Indian Shakespeare and the Sandrocottus Riddle
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04. 4. The Justinian of India
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05. 5. A Typographic Triumph
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06. 6. The Caxton of India
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07. 7. Decoding India's Past
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08. 8. Resilience and Recognition
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09. 9. Promise and Heartbreak
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10. 10. Disenchantment in the East
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11. 11. The Scholar of Bengal
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12. 12. The Downward Spiral
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13. 13. A Pioneer Forgotten
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14. 14. The Making of a Polymath
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15. 15. The Renaissance Man of India
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16. 16. The Mystery of the Pillars
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17. 17. Cracking the Code
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18. 18. The Arrival of the Daniells
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19. 19. Origins and the Views of Calcutta
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20. 20. The Northern Tour
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21. 21. The Southern and Western Tours
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22. 22. Return to England and Oriental Scenery
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23. 23. The Legacy of the Artist-Adventurers
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24. 24. The Reluctant Scholar
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25. 25. A Digest of Hindu Law
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26. 26. From the Vedas to the Himalayas
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27. 27. The Founder of True Sanskrit Scholarship
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28. 28. Horace Hayman Wilson_ In Defence of Hinduism
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29. 29. Sir Monier Monier-Williams_ Expounding Hinduism to the West
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30. 30. The Scholar and Translator
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31. 31. Unearthing Mathura's Past
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32. 32. An Honourable Exception
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33. 33. Sir George Abraham Grierson_ A Linguist Par Excellence
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34. 34. James Fergusson_ The Architectural Historian
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35. 35. The Hermit of the Himalayas
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36. 36. The True Study of Buddhism
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37. 37. A Pioneer of the Natural World
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38. 38. Champion of the Vernacular and Final Years
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39. 39. A Soldier's Passion for the Past
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40. 40. Unearthing Sarnath and Sanchi
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41. 41. The First Archaeological Surveyor
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42. 42. The Father of Indian Archaeology
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43. 43. The First Connected Narrative
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44. 44. From Magistrate to Historian
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45. 45. The Oxford Scholar and His Legacy
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46. 46. The Viceroy's Choice
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47. 47. Reclaiming India's Heritage
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48. 48. The Indus Valley Revelation
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