Of the civilizations of the ancient world, several have left their mark on history. The glory and grandeur of most of them are now memories of the past, but India alone of the several sisters has survived the ravages of time and preserved and propagated her cultural heritage in spite of military hurricanes and political cataclysms. Indian literature and art are eloquent as regards the cultural institutions of ancient India, which were transmitted to posterity by a sound system of education, and here lies the cause of the survival of India and her heritage. It is, therefore, interesting and rewarding to study the origin and development of this culture which enjoys and unbroken continuity till today. Such a study provides concrete data for the investigation into the human civilization as a whole.
The aim of the present work is to describe and interpret the genius of India and explain her contribution to the world's culture. The author who is a versatile scholar has traced the origin of the Indian civilization to a remote past, through his original research and he has not blindly followed earlier writers, particularly from the west. He has carried on his readers with his conviction that the current of Indian culture has flowed through the ages, reinforced by the time spirit at every stage, without being untrue to itself or losing its soul in the sweeping current.
The work comprises two volumes, each dealing with an aspect of culture from the evolutionary as well as from the comparative point of view. The first volume deals with education in the fullest and highest sense of the term, the second volume deals with education in the fullest and highest sense of the term, the second volume deals with Indian polity through the ages. The learned author has made an attempt to sketch, in the light of the original sources, the public life in india from the earliest ages down to the beginnings of British rule. The chronological aspect has been kept in mind so as to bring out the evolution of institutions.
IT is the aim of this work to describe and interpret the genius of India, and explain her contribution to the world's culture. It is my conviction that the stream of Indian culture has flowed through the ages, reinforced by the Time-Spirit at every stage, without being untrue to itself or losing its soul in the sweeping current. Each volume therefore deals with an aspect of culture from the evolutionary as well as from the comparative point of view. The present volume deals with that supreme gift of India to the world-Education in the fullest and the highest sense of the term. Subsequent volumes of the work are devoted to Art, Philosophy, Religion, and Public Life.
My obligations to scholars, are so wide and deep as to baffle attempt at detailed enumeration here. Translations of Indian texts are in many cases my own, and I must accept the responsibility even where I have based them on the accepted render-ings of well-known scholars.
My thanks are due to the Mysore University for subsidizing the publication of this volume, and to its learned Vice-Chancellor, Sir B. N. Seal, who has had the kindness to go through it in MSS. and offer valuable suggestions; Professor F. W. Thomas of Oxford, Principal J. C. Rolls of Mysore and Professor S. V. Viswanatha of Trichinopoly, who have very kindly helped in revising the proofs.
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