Acknowledgments Introduction Plan of the Book 1 Knowledge of India and Human Agency Essences Agents: Systems of Overlapping Classes Orientalist Discourse 2 India in Asia: The Caste Society The Orients Empirical, Real India: The Ruling Ideas Romantic India Dissenting and Changing Views 3 Hinduism: The Mind of India Male Manager, Female Jungle: European Science and Indian Religion Psychic Origins Brahmanism, the Aryan Mind in the Tropics Hinduism, Symbols for the People Medieval Decline, The Dravidian Mind Triumphant Jungians and Structuralists: Today's Variants Critical Summary 4 Village India, Living Essence of the Ancient Idyllic Communities Organic Inside, Atomic Outside Caste's Political Economy Nationalist and Post-Independence Depictions Critique 5 Divine Kingship, the Hindu Type of Government Nation State, Natural State Absolute Monarchy, Instrument of the Caste Society Clan Monarchy, the Post-tribal State Imperial Monarchy, Western Order int he East Imperial Death and National Rebirth Independence and the Discovery of the Third World 6 Reconstructions From Patients to Agents The Imperial Formation of the Rashtrakutas Conquering the Quarters Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index.