This book consists of Extension Lectures delivered under the auspices of the Mysore university by the eminent author who acknowledges the inspiration and help of Dr Annie Besent for the first edition of its publication in 1921. Besides the preliminary section, the work is divided into nine sections examining Patriotism and Nationalism in Sanskrit Literature, Nationalism as a Hindu Political ideal, pilgrimage as fostering patriotism and nationalism, Sanskrit literature, cultural equipment and its bearing on social life, arguing that India was as great in action as in thought giving accounts of Maritime activities, ship construction, commercial adventures and every department of human activity, mental, material, moral and secular. Full contents of nationalism with its institutional embodiments, is given in the concluding chapter by way of stimulating further interest in the subject. The book is an essential reading in the present day political scenario.

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