INCARNATIONS: A HISTORY OF INDIA IN FIFTY LIVES
Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations: A History Of India In Fifty Lives (New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2016)
Chapter 2-- "Mahavira: Soldier Of Nonviolence,"
5th Century BCE (pp. 16-22): .
Chapter 4 -- "Kautilya: The Ring Of Power,"
First Century BCE/CE (pp. 30-36): .
Chapter 5 -- "Ashoka: Power As Persuasion,"
304-232 BCE (pp. 37-44): .
Chapter 8 -- "Adi Shankara: A God Without
Qualities," Eighth
Century CE (pp. 57-64): .
Chapter 9 -- "Rajaraja Chola: Cosmos, Temple, And Territory," Tenth Century CE (pp. 65-71): .
Chapter 12 -- "Kabir: 'Hey You!'," c.1440 - c.1518 (pp. 87-94): .
Chapter 13 -- "Guru Nanak: The Discipline Of Deeds," 1469-1539 (pp. 95-102): .
Chapter 15 -- "Mirabai: I Go The Other Way,"
1498-1557 (pp.110-115): .
Chapter 16 -- "Akbar: The World And The Bridge," 1542-1605 (pp. 116-123): .
Chapter 17 -- "Malik Ambar: The Dark-Fated One,"
1548-1626 (pp. 124-129): .
Chapter 18 -- "Dara Shikoh: The Meeting Place Of The Two Oceans," 1615-1659 (pp. 130-137): .
Chapter 19 -- "Shivaji: Dreaming Big,"
1627-1680 (pp. 138-144): .
Chapter 20 -- "Nainsukh: Owner Transfixed By Goose," 1710-1784 (pp. 145-149): .
Chapter 21 -- "William Jones: Enlightenment Mughal," 1746-1794 (pp. 150-157): .
Chapter 22 -- "Rammohan Roy: 'Humanity In General,'" 1772-1833 (pp. 158-164): .
Chapter 23 -- "Lakshmi Bai, Rani Of Jhansi:
Bad-Ass Queen," 1828-1858
(pp. 165-171): .
Chapter 26 -- "Birsa Munda: 'Have You Been Chalked?,'" 1875-1900 (pp. 187-193): .
Chapter 29 -- "Annie Besant: An Indian Tom-Tom," 1847-1933 (pp. 211-218): .
Chapter 34 -- "Periyar: Sniper Of Sacred Cows," 1879-1973 (pp. 254-262): .
Chapter 36 -- "Amrita Sher-Gil: This Is Me," 1913-1941 (pp. 272-279): .
Chapter 37 -- "Subhas Chandra Bose: A Touch Of The Abnormal," 1897-1945 (pp. 280-288): .
Chapter 38 -- "Gandhi: 'In The Palm Of Our
Hands,'" 1869-1948 (pp.
289-298): .
Chapter 39 -- "Jinnah: The Chess Player," 1876-1948 (pp. 299-308): .
Chapter 40 -- "Manto: The Unsentimentalist," 1912-1955 (pp. 309-315): .
Chapter 41 -- "Ambedkar: Building Palaces On Dung Heaps," 1891-1956 (pp. 316-325): .
Chapter 42 -- "Raj Kapoor: The Politics Of Love,"
1924-1988 (pp. 326-333): .
Chapter 43 -- "Sheikh Abdullah: Chains Of Gold," 1905-1982 (pp. 334-341): .
Chapter 46 -- "Indira Gandhi: The Center Of
Everything," 1917-1984
(pp. 358-366): .