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New Age International (P) Ltd The Great Indians by Dr. S.B.D Agarwala
This compilation covers 125 brief and factual life sketches of great Indians who have contributed substantially to ennobling and enriching human life worldwide.
The selection is a random and unbiased sample of artists, writers, poets, musicians, dramatists and filmmakers, philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, engineers and human-health specialists, kings, servants and social and political emancipators. It skim over a period of more than 7,000 years and is based on factual information, and avoids questionable traditional lore so as to be satisfying to modern and inquisitive Western minds of the young and not so young. A bibliography lists further reading material for those who are inspired by these short sketches to seek more detailed information.