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May 3, 2017 · European notions of India’s history, geography, politics, and religion were strongly shaped by the manuscripts, paintings, and artifacts―both precious and prosaic―that found their way into Western hands. Subrahmanyam rejects the opposition between “true” knowledge of India and the self-serving fantasies of European Orientalists.
1 day ago · India - Ancient History, Culture, Religion: The European scholars who reconstructed early Indian history in the 19th century regarded it as essentially static and Indian society as concerned only with things spiritual. Indologists, such as the German Max Müller, relied heavily on the Sanskritic tradition and saw Indian society as an idyllic village culture emphasizing qualities of passivity ...
Jun 3, 2018 · Formidable erudition and a liberal approach to historical perspectives make Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s Europe’s India: Words, People, Empires 1500-1800 a valuable addition to the history lover’s bookshelf. Subscribe to our channels on YouTube, Telegram & WhatsApp. Support Our Journalism. India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning ...
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Jan 20, 2023 · This article provides a textured history of the multivalent term “hindu” over 2,500 years, with the goal of productively unsettling what we think we know. “Hindu” is a ubiquitous word in modern times, used by scholars and practitioners in dozens of languages to denote members of a religious tradition.
- The Indo-Aryan Migration
- The Kurgan Hypothesis
- The Vedic Period
Foreigners from the north are believed to have migrated to India and settled in the Indus Valley and Ganges Plain from 1800-1500 BCE. The most prominent of these groups spoke Indo-European languages and were called Aryans, or “noble people” in the Sanskrit language. These Indo-Aryans were a branch of the Indo-Iranians, who originated in present-day...
The Kurgan Hypothesis is the most widely accepted scenario of Indo-European origins. It postulates that people of a so-called Kurgan Culture, a grouping of the Yamna or Pit Grave culture and its predecessors, of the Pontic Steppe were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language. According to this theory, these nomadic pastoralists expanded thr...
The Vedic Period refers to the time in history from approximately 1750-500 BCE, during which Indo-Aryans settled into northern India, bringing with them specific religious traditions. Most history of this period is derived from the Vedas, the oldest scriptures in the Hindu religion, which were composed by the Aryans in Sanskrit. Vedic Civilization ...
Modern India began with the advent of the Europeans. The advent of Europeans in India marks a pivotal chapter in world history, as it set the stage for significant cultural, economic, and political transformations on the Indian subcontinent. This period of the Age of Exploration began in the late 15th century and extended into the 19th century.
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Download PDF. The period 1700 to 1900 saw the beginnings, and the development, of the British Empire in India. Empire was not planned, at least not in the early stages. In a sense, it just happened. The first British in India came for trade, not territory; they were businessmen, not conquerors.
