The Discovery of India is an intellectual exploration of the “oneness” of India despite its immense diversity. Nehru used his time in prison to synthesize India’s past with its modern aspirations. The book emphasizes the “unity in diversity” concept and portrays India as a palimpsest on which successive layers of culture had been inscribed without completely erasing the previous ones. It became a foundational text for the secular and democratic identity of post-independence India. Other famous works by Nehru include Glimpses of World History and his autobiography, Toward Freedom.