Balder Ex-Libris

Authors : Feuerstein Georg - Kak Subhash - Frawley David
Title : In search of the cradle of civilization New light on ancient India
Year : 1995

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Introduction to the second edition. In the imagination of the west, India is the land of magic and mystery, wisdom and religiosity, tradition and ritual. India has long held exotic appeal; its arts, literature, music are distinct. But, at the same time, there are aspects of Indic culture that speak straight to the heart of the West, which should not surprise us because India and the West have had a shared histoty going back many thousands of years. Sanskrit is the oldest of any of the Indo-European languages. The ancient Vedic culture of India resembles the ancient European, particularly the Celtic, which had similar orders of priests and bards. The question of whether the Indic peoples and the Europeans shared the same homeland in remote antiquity has been the grist of ceaseless speculation. Today many Indians are still connected to the glorious past of their country, keeping alive an ancient stream of knowledge and wisdom. We may ask: Is India also a doorway to the long-forgotten past of the West ? ...