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Interpreting India

Interpreting India. Indigenous and Foreign Perceptions. Origin of the name India. India as a land beyond Indus Hindustan as a land beyond Sindhu Myths and the reality of Indian self identity Indian notion of sub-continental geography Notion of al-Hind as part of Dar-ul-Islam.

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Interpreting India

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  1. Interpreting India Indigenous and Foreign Perceptions

  2. Origin of the name India • India as a land beyond Indus • Hindustan as a land beyond Sindhu • Myths and the reality of Indian self identity • Indian notion of sub-continental geography • Notion of al-Hind as part of Dar-ul-Islam

  3. Imagining India • India in Ancient Greek Imagination • India in Arab/ Central Asian Imagination • India in the imagination of European Travelers in pre-colonial era • India In Chinese Imagination • India as an imagined land and Reality of Cultural Encounters

  4. Colonial Construction of India • British Cartographic construction of India • Oriental Despotism • Village Self Republic • Natural Leaders • A mélange of mutually exclusive hostile communities held in bay by the British • A civilizing Mission to restore Ancient Glory

  5. Nationalist Imagining of India • Ancient Civilization based on rural self sufficiency • Harmonious social organization based on Varnashram dharma (Caste system) through a Hindu vision of division of labor • India as an end product of centuries long cultural synthesis

  6. Visions of New India • Communitarian, Stateless Rural social Organization based on the principle of non-violence • Secular democratic socialist India • Proud Hindu India with aggressive cultural identity backed by military might

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