This volume will serve the great purpose of highlighting the importance of India’s contribution to global thought and culture which is often either not known or deliberately ignored. It will especially make the present generation aware of what India was and enable them to relate it with the India of today and will serve as a resource book for lay readers and young students alike. It will also enable scholars to identify the quantum of research already done on the subject and include that in university curricula, and will revive scholarly interest in pursuing further research to add to the existing body of knowledge.