India As Known, to the Ancient World or India's Intercourse in Ancient Times With, Her Neighbours, Egypt, Western Asia, Greece, Rome, Central Asia, China, Further India and Indonesia (Classic Reprint)

The object of this httlc book is to offer a survey of the remarkable civilisation which arose in ancient India thousands of years ago and which influenced not only the manners, religion and customs of the people of theM alaya Archipelago and I ndo-C hina, but gave also a thin veneer of culture to the nomads of Central Asiatic steppes, through her commercial enterprise and religious propaganda. Now, civilisation is the outcome of reciprocal action and ERRATA Insert at the foot of pp. 2and 3, Robertson Historical Disquisition. Page 11. 11 for Gen. XXXVIII read Gen. XXXVII. Page 21. 9for Seignobos read Robertson. Page 13 (foot-note) forM angalore read Cranganore. a break. A conquermg nation may carry its own civilization with it to the conquered. Culture is often forced upon the latter by measures coercive. The conquerors, on the other hand, ma acquire culture from the vanquished ;or, without the subjection of a people, assimilation of culture may come about through the unconscious adoption of customs and modes of thought. Throughout the earliest career of man inC entral andS outhern A sia, it is to India that we must turn as the dominant power by the sheer weight of its superior civilisation.
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