The first volume in a thorough trilogy, India, That Is Bharat, examines the impact of European "colonial consciousness" (also known as "coloniality"), particularly its racial and religious foundations, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilization and the genesis of the Indian Constitution. By focusing on the time between the Age of Discovery, which was ushered in by Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492, and the restructuring of Bharat by a British-made constitution?the Government of India Act of 1919?it provides the groundwork for its sequels. This includes global events that directly influenced this voyage, such as Western countries' formation of the League of Nations. Additionally, this book links the roots of concepts like "tolerance," "secularism," and "humanism," which appear to be universal, to Christian political theology