Letters from a Father to His Daughter

It was the summer of 1928 when Jawaharlal Nehru was in Allahabad while his daughter was at Mussoorie and he wrote her many letters on various topics.Nehru conscientiously put his pen and its ink to use in this exercise over the length of that summer because he wanted his daughter to grow awareness a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Format: Printed Book
Published: Puffin Books 2004
Subjects:
History, Ancient, Juvenile literature, Correspondence, Letters, Civilization, History, Ancient History
Table of Contents:
  • The book of nature
  • How early history was written
  • The making of the earth
  • The first living things
  • The animals appear
  • The coming of man
  • The early man
  • How different races were formed
  • The races and languages of mankind
  • The relationships of languages
  • What is civilization?
  • The formation of tribes
  • How religion began and division of labor
  • The changes brought about by agriculture
  • The patriarch-how he began
  • The patriarch-How he developed
  • The patriarch becomes the king
  • The early civilizations
  • The great cities of the ancient world
  • Egypt and Crete
  • China and India
  • Sea voyages and trade
  • Language, writing and numerals
  • Different classes of people
  • Kings and temples and priests
  • A look back
  • Fossils and ruins
  • The Aryans come to India
  • What were the Aryans in India like?
  • The Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

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