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Synopsis Assessment of any area of study presupposes the existence of an established field and 'American studies' in India is one of these. American studies connote study of American civilization. Like all area studies, it has a holistic approach, which describes its interdisciplinary nature. Indian attempts to study America started well off in the sixties and today after three decades it is time to analyse and assess the level of contributions made by scholars-Indian Americanists in particular and the academics in general. The assessment of contributions of India to the understanding of America can be made in a number of ways. The monograph is one attempt and it scans through the texts and citations. Indian writing and academia has reached an age of publishability and acceptability. Whether all this is "acceptable" and whether all this "contribution" is taken note of by America is not yet clear. The next century only can indicate any results and we are optimistic in this regard.