Many historians feel that the State of India is one unit because of the political rulers that ruled over India. This is not only a myth but the limited thinking and learning the lessons of History from Institutions of political power who ultimately control the books and their publishing cannot bring neutral perspectives. The binding force in India has always been #religion. As the indus civilization started influencing people and the vested interests that always pushed people in taking refuge in far flung places the societies developed religion into an institution. In any institution there are hierarchies and if the people at helm are wise the disparity in society remains minimised and there is harmonious environment all over. But this never happens in reality because there are always people who want more share then the others and then there are others who just like to dominate whether they deserve or not. These are the circumstances when class and caste systems develop and in the long run they weaken the society. The loyalties of the people are grabbed by muscle power and money. The interests of the nation are dissipated or thrown out of window. In the time of crisis there are very few who can take care of the nation. Vedic religion kept people under their sway for centuries but the deterioration in the moral and ethic behaviour of the ruling classes caused the newer religious waves to come and spread and so came Buddhism and Jainism. Christianity came to India in the first century AD but couldn't spread because Hindu renaissance was taking place and by the third century Buddhism started waning out of India. Hindu renaissance brought many changes in the vedic religion. Iconography and mythological stories in the form of Purans were brought to make it interesting. During this period caste system took its worst shape and the communication and relation within the society degraded to such an extent that the ground was ripe for invaders to come and take over this country. I am not saying that there were no brave Kings who could stop the invaders but they were so weakened by the ruling Brahman class that fighting the terror of invaders was left only for the Kshatriyas and no other class felt the need to take responsibility for safeguarding this country from marauding invaders. Pathans invaded then came the Turks who ruled for centuries and the Moguls terrorised people for another centuries.
Sunday, 24 November 2013
#Guru Nanak Prakash - 1
Many historians feel that the State of India is one unit because of the political rulers that ruled over India. This is not only a myth but the limited thinking and learning the lessons of History from Institutions of political power who ultimately control the books and their publishing cannot bring neutral perspectives. The binding force in India has always been #religion. As the indus civilization started influencing people and the vested interests that always pushed people in taking refuge in far flung places the societies developed religion into an institution. In any institution there are hierarchies and if the people at helm are wise the disparity in society remains minimised and there is harmonious environment all over. But this never happens in reality because there are always people who want more share then the others and then there are others who just like to dominate whether they deserve or not. These are the circumstances when class and caste systems develop and in the long run they weaken the society. The loyalties of the people are grabbed by muscle power and money. The interests of the nation are dissipated or thrown out of window. In the time of crisis there are very few who can take care of the nation. Vedic religion kept people under their sway for centuries but the deterioration in the moral and ethic behaviour of the ruling classes caused the newer religious waves to come and spread and so came Buddhism and Jainism. Christianity came to India in the first century AD but couldn't spread because Hindu renaissance was taking place and by the third century Buddhism started waning out of India. Hindu renaissance brought many changes in the vedic religion. Iconography and mythological stories in the form of Purans were brought to make it interesting. During this period caste system took its worst shape and the communication and relation within the society degraded to such an extent that the ground was ripe for invaders to come and take over this country. I am not saying that there were no brave Kings who could stop the invaders but they were so weakened by the ruling Brahman class that fighting the terror of invaders was left only for the Kshatriyas and no other class felt the need to take responsibility for safeguarding this country from marauding invaders. Pathans invaded then came the Turks who ruled for centuries and the Moguls terrorised people for another centuries.
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