An inquiry into the cultural and anthrolopogical heritage of India
Western anthropology owes to ancient Greece for initial anthropological ideas; however, few people know that as early as the sixth century B.C., when Pythagoras and his followers had recognized the ordered nature of society, the Buddha and his followers in India had already recognized the scientific...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Univ.
2009
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Nidān
Year: 2009, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-24 |
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Summary: | Western anthropology owes to ancient Greece for initial anthropological ideas; however, few people know that as early as the sixth century B.C., when Pythagoras and his followers had recognized the ordered nature of society, the Buddha and his followers in India had already recognized the scientific nature of human mind vis-a-vis body. It is still not too late that Indian anthropology breaks the shackles of colonial or for that matter postcolonial anthropology, and establishes its own identity by exploring the anthropological elements in ancient Indian history, culture, and scriptures. |
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ISSN: | 2414-8636 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Nidān
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2009.1 |