Download or read book Aryans Jews Brahmins written by Dorothy M. Figueira and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aryans, Jews, Brahmins, Dorothy M. Figueira provides a fascinating account of the construction of the Aryan myth and its uses in both India and Europe from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. The myth concerns a race that inhabits a utopian past and gives rise first to Brahmin Indian culture and then to European culture. In India, notions of the Aryan were used to develop a national identity under colonialism, one that allowed Indian elites to identify with their British rulers. It also allowed non-elites to set up a counter identity critical of their position in the caste system. In Europe, the Aryan myth provided certain thinkers with an origin story that could compete with the Biblical one and could be used to diminish the importance of the West's Jewish heritage. European racial hygienists made much of the myth of a pure Aryan race, and the Nazis later looked at India as a cautionary tale of what could happen if a nation did not remain "pure." As Figueira demonstrates, the history of the Aryan myth is also a history of reading, interpretation, and imaginative construction. Initially, the ideology of the Aryan was imposed upon absent or false texts. Over time, it involved strategies of constructing, evoking, or distorting the canon. Each construction of racial identity was concerned with key issues of reading: canonicity, textual accessibility, interpretive strategies of reading, and ideal readers. The book's cross-cultural investigation demonstrates how identities can be and are created from texts and illuminates an engrossing, often disturbing history that arose from these creations.

Download or read book Origins of Chitpavan Brahmins written by Vibhakar Vitthal Lele and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'History of Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins (Proto and Pre)'- An excellent book by Mr Vibhakar Lele, pieces together the most important story of who the Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins were, from where they came, their Kuldevatas, original habitats, customs and other important details. It categorically disproves the ancient hollow anecdotes based upon mere mythical propositions and conjectural guesswork. The author would like to share the story with Chitpavans and other well wishers and researchers. Dr Rosalind O'hanlon, Professor of Indian History and Culture, Oriental Institute, Oxford, who is researching Chitpavan Brahmins' history opined that the underlying work by the author is most interesting. She very much enjoyed and learned from it. The book comprises of the propositions about the pre-history of Chitpavan Brahmins. Most of important scatterred details have been put in place to stitch together their ancient and medieval history. At the same time the author delves into their proto-history from sage Agasti's times. Mr Lele has made several singular original contributions in this book. He has a novel approach to link up Chitpavans' ancient history with the Veda branches they follow. It is an attempt unheard of before. He has given lot of supporting data, maps, photographs, bibliography of great use to all the concerned.Another novelty is his analytic deduction of the Chitpavans' history from their Kuldevatas. The myth of Parshuram is seen by him in its true perspective. The other most important contribution by him is his new etymology of 'Chitpavan' word derived from 'Agnichit'. He shows that their Chitpavan Id is effectively linked to their Vedic duty of 'Agnihotra'. The present day genetic research into Chitpavans' ancestry has also been accounted for by the author to pronounce a proper verdict in simple terms on the subject. Another fact he uses is Chitpavans being Dwivedis which was never before accounted for. He cites epigraphs, scholarly research and documents in support of his analysis how Chitpavans came from Ahichhatra in UP to Ambejohai and Vanavasi, shifted to Kaveri river region and finally arrived in Konkan with the support of kings and emperors of their times. He has brought to the notice of researchers quite a few obscure historical facts, from Lele Kulvrittant, Mr N S Rajpurohit, an eminent archaeologist from Karnataka's research paper, Vyadeshwarodaya of Vishwanath, Pulkeshi and Kadamba reign Inscriptions in stone and Tamrapatas connected with Chitpavans'ancestry. Suffice it to say that Mr Lele has done something about Chitpavans' past which had never before been attempted on such a large scale. Perhaps after 'Chitpavan' by Mr Chapekar, this is a book which will serve as a written monument for Chitpavans'history.

Download or read book Origins of Chitpavan Brahmins written by Vibhakar Vitthal Lele and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-10 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Sarasvati River book is a sequel to the book 'Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins' History [Pre- And Proto-]'. Like the previous book, it further takes the history to its final logical conclusion. It shows categorically that the Original Home of the Chitpavan Brahmins' ancestors was right on the banks of the ancient Vedic River Sarasvati, near its origin in the Himalayas, in the region now known as Uttarakhanda of India. The Chitpavan Brahmins ancestors were called 'Agnihotri Brahmins' then and were the neighbours of the Maithili Brahmins' ancestors in the region to their north-east as narrated. In the companion book 'Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins' History [Proto- And Pre-]' of this author, it was seen that the historic connection to 'Ahichhatra' in present-day UP, with due evidence, was provided by the Kannada Shashtik Brahmins who shared common ancestry with Chitpavan Brahmins. In this case, it is the Maithili Brahmins, one time old neighbours of the Chitpavan Brahmins' ancestors for long since the ancient Vedic times, who have come forward to provide the missing link to their ancestral history by emphatically providing the necessary evidence and connection of their ancestral home on the banks of the Vedic Sarasvati River in the Himalayas. Some of the readers might not have read this author's previous companion book - 'Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins' History [Proto- And Pre-]'. It is a very important one and a predecessor of this book. It is a must-read for getting the full picture of Chitpavan Origins. To acquaint them with its central ideas, a short synopsis from it is given at the beginning of this book, with its introduction etc. All the same, they should not miss upon the original book 'Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins' History [Proto- And Pre-]' that is still available at Pothi.com in printed edition.

Download or read book Research in Sociology written by Dhirendra Narain and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstracts were prepared under the general supervision of Dr. D. Narain, University of Bombay."

Download or read book BRAHMINS WHO REFUSED TO BEG written by Anurag Sharma and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-11-12 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bhumihars are a prominent ‘Ayachak’ brahmin community of East India. Ayachak brahmins gave up priestly duties and took up agriculture for subsistence and bore arms to protect the motherland. Ayachaks have coexisted alongside the traditional priestly Yachak class, within the Brahminical fold across India since time immemorial. Bhumihar brahmin community, though small, has a rich history of both valour and scholarship. Even as the Greeks, led by Alexander the Great, were ravaging the north-western flanks of India, a Chanakya was plotting a quiet pushback. When the successors of King Ashoka, smitten by the non-violent ways of Buddhism, were dilly dallying against the imminent threat of a Greek resurgence, a Pushyamitra Shunga rose to shake the warriors out of their stupor of non-violence and pushed back the Greeks beyond the borders of Bharat forever. When forced to use a rifle cartridge laden with beef starch, against their Hindu beliefs, a Mangal Pandey became the first one to rise in protest and soon a nation followed. The indomitable spirit of the community has inspired and dazzled with their scholarship as well. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s pen, drenched in the patriotic fervour of ‘Veer Rasa’, inspired many mutinies against the British. From the venerable Shri Babu, the first chief minister of Bihar in independent India, to Raj Narain, the giant killer who defeated Indira Gandhi, the community has shone in the field of politics and leadership. The community has not shied away from raising its voice against injustice and led reform movements like abolition of Zamindari and the temple entry movement. They may have lost their traditional tools of subsistence, but they still carry the twin endowments of bravery and intellect in their genes. Bhumihar ‘Ayachak’ brahmins are truly the brahmins who refused to beg.

Download or read book Elites in South Asia written by Edmund Ronald Leach and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1970 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Indo Aryan Controversy written by Edwin Francis Bryant and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this survey of the Indo-Aryan controversy address questions such as: are the Indo-Aryans insiders or outsiders?

Download or read book Language and Society written by Lele and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shifting Continents colliding Cultures written by Ralph J. Crane and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the aftermath of British colonialism on the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, including the resulting Diaspora. The essays also examine zones of intersection between theories of postcolonial writing and models of Diaspora and the nation.

Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers written by K. S. Bharathi and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indian context.

Download or read book Transaction and Hierarchy written by Harald Tambs-Lyche and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the author challenges a number of widely held cultural stereotypes about India. Caste is not as old as Indian civilization itself, and current changes are no more radical than in the past, for caste has evolved throughout its history. It is not a colonial invention, nor does it result from weak state control. There is no single form of Indian kingship, and power relations, fundamental as they are for understanding Indian society. Nor do Indian villages conform to a single type, and caste is as much urban as rural. Only in a regional ‘local’ perspective can we view it as a ‘system’. Caste does offer space for the individual, though in a particular Indian mould, and Hinduism does not provide for an integration of castes through ritual. In short, social organization varies widely in India, and cannot provide the key to the specificity of caste. This must be sought in the way society is imagined, the models of society current in Indian thought. Of course as mentioned above, there is no single model: Brahmins, kings, and merchants among others have all produced alternative models with themselves at the centre, vying for hegemony, while facing contesting models held by subalterns. Still, a hierarchical mode of thought is hegemonic and largely explains why Indians see their social stratification differently from people in the West. The volume will be indispensable for scholars of South Asian Sociology and Culture.

Download or read book The Subhedar s Son written by Deepra Dandekar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book "The Subhedar's Son: A Narrative of Brahmin Christian Conversion from Nineteenth-century Maharashtra" explores the experience of Christian conversion among Brahmins from one of the earliest Anglican Missions of the Bombay Presidency (Church Missionary Society) established in the nineteenth century"--

Download or read book The Thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak written by Robert E Upton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a systematic study of Bal Gangadhar Tilak's thought, focusing on his views on 'communal' relations within the Indian polity, on caste and reform in Hindu society, and on political ethics regarding violence and non-cooperation. The Thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopts a contextualist approach, situating his ideas in local Maharashtrian as well as pan-Indian and global cultural-intellectual contexts. The approach blends Tilak's quotidian journalism and speeches alongside his canonical texts on Aryan history and on the Bhagavad Gita. The work marks a departure from current interpretations, emphatically arguing that he is misappropriated and/or misunderstood as a proto-Hindutva thinker. Instead, he is revealed to be a radical liberal who supports counter-autocratic violence, a majoritarian pluralist in terms of intercommunity relations, a self-strengthening reformer who focuses on masculinity, and a Brahmin supremacist who is committed to reshaping India for the challenges of modernity. This book lays emphasis on his remarkable recognition as the nation's 'founding father' and particularly demonstrates how this later appropriation by Gandhi was contested by those celebrating Tilak's approach to contest him during the crucial mid-1920s period when he was indelibly linked to re-emerging Hindutva. More recently, growing ahistorical demi-official insistence on his social progressivism illustrates a change in India's public culture, as does the use of popular or even legal pressure to de-legitimize perennial criticism of Tilak's socio-political positions.

Download or read book The Satara Raj 1818 1848 written by Sumitra Kulkarni and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eastern Spring written by Neil Kulkarni and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the grey streets of Coventry, to the green jungles of India, Neil Kulkarni chases the sounds of his past and ancient songs from the sub-continent to try and find himself a new way of listening to some of the oldest music on earth. Part touching memoir, part ferocious polemic, An Eastern Spring confronts race and the ghosts of the past in a fearless attempt to map our past, present and future as western music listeners. ,

Download or read book Provincial Politics and Indian Nationalism written by Gordon Johnson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to stress the need for study of regional and local politics as an integral part of the history of the Congress.

Download or read book Arabian Seas 1700 1763 written by Rene Barendse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 2000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Indian Ocean in the Eighteenth Century is the first of four volumes offering a sweeping panorama of the Arabian Seas during the early modern period. Focusing on the period 1700-1763, the first volume concentrates on daily life in littoral societies, examining long term issues including climatic change, famine, and the structures of fishing communities. The volume examines littoral societies in each of the major coastal areas of the Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, the Red Seas, the Persian Gulf, and its traditional ties to surrounding hinterlands as well as to the west coast of India. While having particular interest to readers concerned with Indian Ocean history, as an absorbing and innovative account of a much neglected albeit critical area and period, Arabian Seas, 1700-1763 will be of great interest to anyone interested in early modern maritime, social, or economic history. Kings, Gangsters, and Companies, volume two of Arabian Seas, 1700-1763 focuses on European relations with the major states and societies of the Western Indian Ocean during the eighteenth century. As such, it traces the major structural changes in African, South Asian, and Middle Eastern societies during this period. Chapters examine European communities and their relations with the societies of the Indian Ocean basin, the daily life of European soldiers and merchants, relations with Indian women, European views on the Indian caste system as well as the governmental systems they encountered. The volume also details the importance of Indian and Persian merchant communities in the Indian Ocean trading system and the impact of war on the economic development of this system during the eighteenth century. Men and Merchandise, the third volume of Arabian Seas, 1700-1763, provides a detailed examination of the economic and social structures in the Western Indian Ocean focusing on key commodities like bullion, textiles, and the slave trade. Readers will also encounter interesting vignettes of daily life: an Indian nautch girl worried about her inheritance, a Portuguese gangster-friar and pariah workers, the infamous buccaneers of Madagascar, coffee-traders from Yemen, Cairo, and the Crimea, and Iraqi and Iranian bankers who all had relevance to this vast economic system. Men and Merchandise provides insights into other traditionally ignored aspects in the traditional historiography including uprisings aboard slave ships, and details of maroon societies involving refugee slaves in India and Mauritius as well as Dutch slave soldiers in the Persian Gulf. As such, it will prove of great interest to any reader concerned with the social and economic history of the Indian Ocean basin. Europe in Asia, the fourth volume and final volume in Arabian Seas, 1700-1763, details the early phase of European territorial empire building in the western Indian Ocean basin. Particular attention is given to the much neglected history of the Portuguese Estado da India and the attempts of the Portuguese Crown to reform its administration and dwindling possessions in the eighteenth century. The volume examines the direct legacies of the longstanding Portuguese imperial presence in the Arabian Seas, including the experiences of Indian Catholic communities as well as the establishment of Indian settlements and communities in East Africa. Finally, the volume provides an exhaustive treatment of the structures and history of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and English East India Company (EIC), the establishment of the vast private co...