Indian Culture Through The Ages

'It is not what we possess or receive that counts, so much as the manner in which we use our heritage, add to it, modify and keep it alive through many generations,' says Professor P. Mahadevan. This book is a short, ready reckoner for those who wish to get a glimpse of Brahminical thinking from a certain generation and specific interest group. Going through stages such as antiquity, mythology and institutionalised mythology, cosmic chronology, ancient geography, the Indus civilisation, submerged continents, foreign influences in India and finally religion and science.

'It is not what we possess or receive that counts, so much as the manner in which we use our heritage, add to it, modify and keep it alive through many generations,' says Professor P. Mahadevan.

This book is a short, ready reckoner for those who wish to get a glimpse of Brahminical thinking from a certain generation and specific interest group. Going through stages such as antiquity, mythology and institutionalised mythology, cosmic chronology, ancient geography, the Indus civilisation, submerged continents, foreign influences in India and finally religion and science.