CONTENTS: List of Tables, Figures and Appendices Map of the United Provinces Acknowledgements Publishers’ Acknowledgements Glossary Preface Introduction 1. Ayurveda as ‘Indigenous’ Medicine: Historical Backdrop and Complexities 2. Indian National Congress and the Late Colonial Ayurvedic Movement 3. Creating an Ayurvedic Discourse: Print, Organisation and Mobilisation 4. Healing the Society: Social Culture of the Late Colonial Ayurvedic Discourse 5. Ayurveda in the Market: Economic Underpinnings of the Late Colonial Ayurvedic Movement 6. Ayurveda at the Crossroads of Independence: c. 1946–50 Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index