Download or read book A Cultural History of Modern India written by Som Prakash Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a brief account of Indian culture in the nineteenth century. The work reveals an inner consistency by examining the entire cultural tradition in the light of the two fundamental principles that have shaped India's destiny throughout her long history: unity in the midst of diversity, and continuity at the heart of change. The author has shown the simultaneous working of these two basic features in all the important areas of Indian culture in the nineteenth century' philosophical and religious thought, literature, and the arts.