Guest guest Posted May 22, 2003 Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 --- Bhakti Ananda Goswami <bhakti.eohn wrote: > "Bhakti Ananda Goswami" > <bhakti.eohn > "Vrin Parker" <vrnparker > Fw: SCHOLARS SITE BA G > Thu, 15 May 2003 04:12:17 -0700 > > > http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~muehleb9/indiannat.html > Esoteric Buddhism and Indian Nationalism > > Ronald Davidson and Chetan Bhatt > > > > > "R.C. Majumdar's view that Indians knew little of > their history in the early nineteenth century, prior > to the impact of Western scholarship, may seem > brusque. However, the impact of English-language > texts documenting, and English-language education > diffusing, discoveries and speculations in philology > and archaeology was nevertheless monumental. From > the mid-nineteenth century, but especially after the > early 1870s, this was evident in the conscious > cultivation of the 'memory', indeed affective > remembrance of India's archaic Hindu past by > numerous societies and writers, in the burgeoning > print media (newspapers, periodicals and journals), > by nationalist and religious leaders and by British > colonial officers and administrators and Western > religious societies, such as the Theosophists. > Although BA G on Esoteric and Science News clearly > showed that the purported writings or inspirations > of Theosophical Mahatmas are of a 19th century > synthetic nature. " > > The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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