RARE monograph on ancient Indian materialistic philosophy called Lokayata by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1918-1993), an eminent Bengali Marxist philosopher from India who made extensive contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian Philosophy. 220x145mm. XXVII+696 pages. Red cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket edges stained and worn. Jacket spine edges partly taped. Small sticker on jacket spine. Binding slightly (13mm) visible between front inner cover and whitepage. Small stamp on front whitepage bottom left corner. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare compilation and exposition of the ancient philosophy of Lokayata, a pioneering work that liberated this philosophy from distortions it had suffered at the hands of its opponents, is in good condition.