An Intellectual and Cultural History of India : (Record no. 38625)

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International Standard Book Number 9789391685072
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Language English
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Edition number 23
Classification number 954
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Personal name Debnath,Sailen,
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Title An Intellectual and Cultural History of India :
Remainder of title (From Pre-History to the 18th Century) /
Statement of responsibility, etc Dr Sailen Debnath
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Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Aayu Publications,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2022.
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Extent 405 p. :
Other physical details illustrations (black and white) ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
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General note This book, An Intellectual and Cultural History of India (From Pre-History to the 18th Century), contains chapters on the concept of Intellectual History, Philosophy of Indian History and the growth of science and technology in India along with deeper studies in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), Buddhism, Hindu Pantheon, the science of Yoga, ancient university education, Islam in India, Bhaktivada, Sufism, Indian sculpture and painting. Explorations have also been made in the domains of the universal impact of the Upanishads and the Geeta. Dr. Sailen Debnath, M.A., Ph.D., of the Department of History, Alipurduar University, West Bengal, has been engrossed in the studies of the history of ideas and intellectual history of India, Asia and Europe for the last twenty-five years.
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General note This book, An Intellectual and Cultural History of India (From Pre History to the 18th Century), is the first of its kind in the domain of studies in Indian History. This new genre of historical analysis of intellectual and cultural development is based on the concept of the progress of civilization through interactions and inter-impact between creative ideas and human activities across the ages. The physical structures of civilization wear off; and gradually turn into remains; and then vanish with the passing of long duration of time; but the positive ingredients of ideas and creative thoughts continue to exist all through changes with the elapse of time. India is a country of continental dimension in the field of culture; therefore, the making of an intellectual and cultural survey at all levels is well-nigh impossible. In this book, attempts have been made to collocate together in the context of time and relevance only the pan-Indian major cultural trends and courses. Micro-level cultural diversities and local tendencies in the formations of regional cultural identities could naturally not be given proper attention. This book contains chapters on the concept of Intellectual history, philosophy of Indian history and the growth of science and technology in ancient India along with deeper studies in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), Buddhism, the science of Yoga. ancient university education, Islam in India, Bhaktivada, Sufism, Indian sculpture and painting. Explorations have been made in the domains of the universal impact of the Upanishads and the Geeta.<br/><br/>The topics analysed in this book partially cover the syllabi of many universities apart from the fact that the themes are subjects of general discussions and of intellectual exercise of the Indian people nearly at all levels. There should have been some more chapters on different other aspects of Indian culture, which, can, of course, be fulfilled in the next enlarged editions of the book.
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General note Introduction<br/>The title of the book, An Intellectual and Cultural History of India (From Pre History to the 18" Century), appears in one hand to be self-explanatory of its central theme and on the other may seem to be queer to those who always view history only in terms of political or social or economic or outward cultural changes not thinking about the overall and all-inclusive impact of creative thought, intellectual cultivation and advancement on the course of human activity and therewithal on the evolution of history. Intellectual history covers the history of ideas, and ideas are such driving forces as easily go across the barriers of all kinds of borders in the passage of time. The present book is inclusive of an indepth study of the intellectual and cultural history of India: the thing that has been explored is the inter-active influences of ideas and actions in Indian history from the remote past to the 18th century; and in another book, the same kind of study has been made upto the present covering the thematic aspects of intellectual and cultural development in modern India including the cultural factors for the creation of Pakistan.<br/><br/>The interplay of creative ideas and human activities vis-a-vis the challenges across the way of human progress has been the subject of intellectual and cultural history; therefore, the course of Indian history here in this book has been explored and studied from that point of view of intellectual history. Right from the prehistoric period, the Indians have proved their brilliance, creative power and capability in the fields of discoveries, inventions and manufacturing: as well as they have excelled most other peoples of the world in the cultivation of the art of peace and spirituality. In the remote past, they gave birth to the earliest urban civilization (the Harappan), the science of Yoga, meditation, medicine (Ayurveda), sanitation, drainage system, plastic surgery, astronomy. with the concept of the roundness of heavenly bodies, the earth's rotation, the value of the pi, the decimal system with the numerals and the Zero, the earliest literature (the Vedas), the earliest concept of evolution (Sankhya philosophy), the universal concept and practice of non-violence (Buddhism and Jainism).
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Contents CONTENTS
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Contents PREFACE
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Contents 1. Introduction
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Contents 2. Intellectual and Cultural Periodisation of Indian History
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Contents 3. Intellectual History and its Context in India
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Contents 4. The Salient Features of the Intellectual and cultural History of India
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Contents 5. The Origin of Religion
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Contents 6. Sanatana Dharma
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Contents 7. The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita'; their impact across the world
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Contents 8. The Original Features of Buddhism
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Contents 9. Historical and Philosophical Origination of Hindu Pantheon
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Contents 10. Ancient Indian Universities
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Contents 11. The Science of Yoga : Origin and practice in India and Impact Across the World Etc..
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Civilization Inde Civilisation India India Civilization India Intellectual life Intellectual life
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Department Name History & Geography
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     CUTN Central Library CUTN Central Library History & Geography 10/05/2023   954 DEB 46243 10/05/2023 10/05/2023 General Books