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India's Contribution to World Thought and Culture

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Type: English

Pages: xxiv + 484

Format: Hard Bound

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-672-7

Edition: 2nd

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 17cm x 25cm

Product Year: 2022

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On the occasion of the inauguration of the Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial in 1970, the Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan Trust published a book, India's Contribution to World Thought and Culture, that contained about 70 articles by well-known experts of Indian history and culture on India's cultural footprints in Asia and other parts of the world. However, since then, this subject has remained generally neglected. Recognizing the need to revive this topic in public and academic discussions, Vivekananda International Foundation decided to bring out an abridged version of the original volume. As India begins to reengage with the world, it is essential to conduct deeper research on the spread of India's cultural influence in various parts of the world. It was felt that the volume, in this abridged and revised form, will serve the great purpose of highlighting the importance of India's contribution to global thought and culture which is often either not known or deliberately ignored. It will especially make the present generation aware of what India was and enable them to relate it with the India of today and will serve as a resource book for lay readers and young students alike. It will also enable scholars to identify the quantum of research already done on the subject and include that in university curricula, and will revive scholarly interest in pursuing further research to add to the existing body of knowledge. The volume will also be of great use to the diplomatic community in India and abroad. It is hoped that the present volume will successfully highlight the importance of similar studies that help us assess India’s seminal role in world civilization.

Contents

Foreword to Abridged Edition — Arvind Gupta

Foreword to the First Edition — R.C. Majumdar

Introduction — Dilip K. Chakrabarti

1. India’s Contributions to the History of Science

— B.V. Subbarayappa

2. Shipping in Ancient India (from the earliest times to ad 600)

— S.R. Rao

3. Ramayana in Asia

— Harish Kumar Chaturvedi

4. Indian Scripts and Languages in Asian Countries

— C. Sivaramamurti and Krishna Deva

5. Hindu Sculptures in Ancient Afghanistan

— P. Banerjee and R.C. Agrawala

6. Buddhist Centres in Afghanistan

— K.N. Dikshit

7. India and Soviet Central Asia

— B.A. Litvinsky

8. Hindu Deities in Central Asia

— P. Banerjee

9. India: A Major Source of Central Asian Art

— Chhaya Bhattacharya

10. Cultural Exchange Between India, China and Japan

— Shigeo Kamata

11. Cultural Relations of India and Korea

— Raghuvira

12. Dhyana in Japanese Art

— Hugo Munsterberg

13. Indian Influence on Japanese Stories

— Hajime Nakamura

14. India: The Home of Tibetan Learning

— His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

15. Influence of Indian Philosophy on Mongolian Shamanism

— Acad. Rinchen

16. A Historical Survey of the Elements of Hindu Culture in Burma

— Upendra Thakur

17. The Ramayana in Thailand

— H.H. Prince Dhaninivat

18. India and Laos

— J.S. Nigam

19. The Literature of Lava (Laos)

— Raghuvira

20. Hindu Epic and Puranic Traditions in South-East Asia

— K.V. Soundara Rajan

21. India, Malaya and Borneo: Two Millennia of Contacts and Cultural Synthesis

— D. Devahuti

22. Sanskrit Texts and Indian Religion in Bali

— T. Goudriaan

23. India’s Contribution to the Arab Civilization

— W.H. Siddiqi

24. India in the Eyes of Early Muslim Scholars

— Arjun Dev

25. Guru Nanak’s Travels in the Middle East

— Surinder Singh Kohli

26. Indian Culture in Transbaikalian Siberia

— Lokesh Chandra

27. Swami Vivekananda: India’s Emissary to the West

— Swami Ranganathananda

The Vivekananda International Foundation is an independent non-partisan institution that conducts research and analysis on domestic and international issues, and offers a platform for dialogue and conflict resolution. Some of India's leading practitioners from the fields of security, military, diplomacy, government, academia and media have come together to generate ideas and stimulate action on national security issues.

The defining feature of VIF lies in its provision of core institutional support which enables the organization to be flexible in its approach and proactive in changing circumstances, with a long-term focus on India's strategic, developmental and civilizational interests. The VIF aims to channelize fresh insights and decades of experience harnessed from its faculty into fostering actionable ideas for the nation's stakeholders.

Since its inception, VIF has successfully pursued quality research and scholarship and made efforts to highlight issues in governance, and strengthen national security. This is being actualised through numerous activities like seminars, round tables, interactive dialogues, Vimarsh (public discourse), conferences and briefings. The publications of VIF form lasting deliverables of VIF's aspiration to impact on the prevailing discourse on issues concerning India's national interest.

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