Art & Cultural History

Indian Culture

• Indian History
• Scriptures
• Philosophies of India
• Modern India
 Culture Vs Tradition

The main difference between culture and tradition is;

Traditions describe a group's beliefs and behaviors that are

passed down from one generation to another.

Culture describes the shared characteristics of the entire group,

which has been amassed throughout its history.
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• Gayatri Mantra from Bronze Age
• History we are taught are false. To what extent it is false?
• Why our history books are fundamentally lawed.
• Because it the the History of the foreign invaders writing the glory of their
invasions.
• Our History books are full with the battles with India has lost. Battles of
Panipath, Battle of Plassey, Battle Bucksur and so on
• WE are never told of the battles of high importance that Indians have won,
and that is why we are still here
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• Let me tell you something about the battles we won;
• Md. Ghazni, invaded india 17 times over 25 years. And then, Md. Ghori
came and defeated Prithviraj Chouhan then the gates of India was opened
for invasion.
• In fact there was a gap of 150 years between Md. Ghazni and Md. Ghori. in
1033 AD large Turkish army attacked India through the route of
Afganistan. Indian hero called Suhel Dev (Parsi) fought them bravely and
totally destroyed them, battle of Bahraich, so that they didn’t came back
for next 150 years. The Major of nephew of Md. Ghori is still there. No Text
books talks about this.
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• Assamis deleted Mughals very badly in the battle of Saraighat. Ahom general
Lasik Borfukon. That was the beginning of the fall of Mughals. Thereafter the
Marathas, The Bundelaas and others took over quickly thereafter
• Another Hero was Bajirao whom we came to know only after seeing the
movie Bajirao Mastaani.
• Maraatha Bajirao son raghunath Rao ruled more than 2/3 of India years, more
that what Akbars territory was for more than 75 years. No History book
mentions that.
• Martand Verma of Travancore deleted Partugeeze at a place called Kolaachal,
little North wast of Kanyakumari.
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• The foreign ruler actually wrote our History.
• Great Zimbawe story was built by white men from outside
• Similer to our “Aryan Invasion Theory”
• As long as the Lions have their own Story tellers, history will ways glorify
the Hunters.
• Let us take the case of King Ashoka.
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• Let us take the case of King Ashoka.
• King Kharabela of Odhisa left us an inscription at a place called Hati
Gumpha just outside Bhubaneswar, conquerer of ancestors of Ashoka
• Story of Massacres by Ashoka to Jains and Aajibikaas and subsequent
• The name India is not a modern Construct that has been forces upon us. It
is not an evolve of 15th August 1947.
• Think of Indonesia.
• Concept of Aryan and Davidians.