“In India I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it. Inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything but possessed by nothing.”
—Apollonius of Tyana
—Apollonius of Tyana
Will Durant says:
“India was the motherland of our race, & Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity;
“India was the motherland of our race, & Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity;
mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.”
He writes so in “The Case for India” published in 1931
He writes so in “The Case for India” published in 1931
Arrian writes even more interesting things in Anabasis Alexandri.
“No Indian ever went outside his own country on a warlike expedition, so righteous were they.”
Further he says:
“This also is remarkable in India, that all Indians are free, and no Indian at all is a slave.
“No Indian ever went outside his own country on a warlike expedition, so righteous were they.”
Further he says:
“This also is remarkable in India, that all Indians are free, and no Indian at all is a slave.
In this the Indians agree with the Lacedaemonians. Yet the Lacedaemonians have Helots for slaves, who perform the duties of slaves; but the Indians have no slaves at all, much less is any Indian a slave.”
He only saw righteousness in Indians & people who made no slaves.
He only saw righteousness in Indians & people who made no slaves.
Vecente Avelino, as quoted in “A Tribute to Hinduism : Thoughts and Wisdom Spanning Continents and Time about India and Her Culture”
“India is the only country which has known God and if anyone wants to know God he must know India.”
“India is the only country which has known God and if anyone wants to know God he must know India.”
Now look what teacher of Romila Thapar, A.L.Basham writes in “The Wonder That Was India”:
“The ancient civilisation of India differs from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, in that its traditions have been preserved without a break down to the present day.”
“The ancient civilisation of India differs from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, in that its traditions have been preserved without a break down to the present day.”
He further writes,
“Until the advent of the archaeologist, the peasant of Egypt or Iraq had no knowledge of the culture of his forefathers, and it is doubtful whether his Greek counterpart had any but the vaguest ideas about the glory of Periclean Athens.
“Until the advent of the archaeologist, the peasant of Egypt or Iraq had no knowledge of the culture of his forefathers, and it is doubtful whether his Greek counterpart had any but the vaguest ideas about the glory of Periclean Athens.
In each case there had been an almost complete break with the past. On the other hand…to this day legends known to the humblest Indian recall the names of shadowy chieftains who lived nearly a thousand years before Christ, & the orthodox Brahman in his daily
worship repeats hymns composed even earlier. India and China have, in fact, the oldest continuous cultural traditions in the world.”
Amazing! I feel so thrilled to read about Bharat.
Amazing! I feel so thrilled to read about Bharat.
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