India's impact on Chinese astronomy, maths, medicine

[Guest guest]

Namaskar Mitra,

 

Globalization is the mantra of the nineties. Some say it is a tool to increase

market access for Multinational corporations while others think it is a means

to export the Western way of life – values and Christianity. Find below a

series of articles that throw light on the influence of Indian language and

literature on South-East Asia and the Far East. After reading them you might

agree that Indians were amongst the earliest proponents of Globalization. In

the absence of modern means of transport - communication the Indians of earlier

times traveled to lands as distant as Japan, Indonesia and China. The beauty is

that they exported their culture, language and literature without the power

of the sword. Their influence enhanced the quality of local language and

literature, sometimes created it. Read on -

 

1. China -    the article tells you the Chinese Buddhist cannon namely Sutra,

Sastra or Vinaya and India's impact on Chinese astronomy, maths, medicine.

http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&sid;=9007&count1;=1&cid;=539

 

2. Japan - the article tells you about the study of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures

there, India's contribution to Japanese alphabets, Indian influence on Japanese

stories and classical works. Lastly it gives you the name of Gods in English

along with their corresponding Indian and Japanese names.

http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid;=541&sid;=9007&count1;=3

 

3. Korea - the article tells you about the influence of Sanskrit on local script

and Buddhism on Korean literature.

http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid;=540&sid;=9007&count1;=2

 

4. Cambodia    - the article tells you about the Indian influence there in

nearly all spheres. In the same chapter are covered Thailand, Laos and

Malayasia.

http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&sid;=9008&count1;=1&cid;=575

 

5. Indonesia -    the article tells you Indo-Javanese literature w.r.t. Vedas,

Puranas, Agamas, Epics, etc.

http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid;=576&sid;=9008&count1;=2

 

6. Sri Lanka - the article tells yu about Pali and Sanskrit literature and

India's contribution to Sinhalese literature.

http://www.esamskriti.com/html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid;=574&sid;=9008

Quoting Swami Vivekananda " India must conquer the world and nothing less is my

ideal. Our eternal foreign policy must be the preaching of the Shastras to the

nations of the world. One of the reasons for India's downfall was that she

narrowed herself, went into a shell, as the oyster does and refused to give her

treasures and jewels to the other races of mankind, refused to give the life

giving truths to thirsting nations outside the Aryan fold ".

The question is, Are we willing to shed the inhibitions of the Nehruvian era and

learn to deal with the world on equal terms without being defensive of the way

we are, our culture, traditions and dharma? Sometimes I wonder, why do we, as

Indians listen to sermons from the West when it is they who have perpetuated

the biggest crimes against humanity and are the largest exporters of arms.

with prem and om

sanjeev

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