INTRODUCTION |
A Search for Our Presence
in History |
India Through the Ages |
How we lived during vedic times
|
The Mauryan empire politically
unifies us as one state |
The coming of feudalism changes
our way of life |
Rajnamavali - Our kings who
presided over our destiny |
Rajput resistance to the muslim
aggression |
The times when we lost our
sovereignty to the muslims |
Marathas under chattrapati
Shivaji maharaj fight for swaraj (Independence) |
The British come to rule India
and the return of Indian sovereignty |
Hindu Influences on Different
Communities |
Hinduism - The Essence of
India |
Buddhism - Our message of peace and
goodwill |
Jainism
- Gave us Non-Violence as an ethical outlook |
Vedanta, Sankhya and Lokayata |
Sikhism - Defended
our self-esteem and re-asserted our original humanist and rationalist outlook |
Islam -Came first seemingly as a
message of universal brotherhood and later as an aggressor to blanket India in a dark age
for 700 years |
Christainity -Came first as a
message of peace with the apostle St.Thomas and then as a colonial power of the Portuguese
and the British |
Judaism - The lost tribes found a
safe haven in India |
Zoroastrianism - Sought refuge
in India from annihilation at the hands of Islam |
The Hindu Holocaust |
Evidence of the Hindu holocaust
|
Different viewpoints on the Hindu
holocaust |
The Hindu Ethos |
Hindu Symbols and Symbolisms - Omkar, Swastika, the Saffron colour,
and Purna-kumbha |
Hindu Etiquette - Namaskar and Tilaka |
Hindu Folklore - Satyuga and Kaliyuga, Pralaya, Swarga
and Narka, and Surya Grahana |
Hindu Religious Beliefs - Moksha, Upavasa, and Muhurta |
Hindu Social Customs - Dowry, Sati and Child Marriage
|
Hindu Religious Practices - Yagna, and Dana and Gotra |
Hindu Religious Practices - Dwanda Vivaha and Worship of the
Mother Goddess |
The Hindu Caste System |
The Origins of Our Caste System in
Vedic Times - Brahmins |
The Origins of the Warrior
Caste - Kshatriyas |
Kshatriyas - As Protectors of Cows |
Four Castes and Two Classes
|
Casteist Practices
(Untouchability and Endogamy) and Casteism Today |
Hindu Festivals |
Popular Festivals - Diwali, Dusshera and Holi |
Religious Festivals - Janmastami, Mahashivratri,
Sri-Ramanavami and Nagpanchami |
Social Life in Ancient India - An Outline |
Ahimsa - Non-Violence |
Ahimsa (Non-Violence) - A Noble Humanist Concept |
The Roots of the Value of
Non-Violence |
Secularism and Rational Humanism |
The Roots of Religious Tolerance
in Hinduism |
Attitudes of Different
Religious Communities Towards Secularism |
Rationalism - The Intellectual Bedrock of
Secularism |
CONCLUSION |
Rational Humanism - The Ultimate
Human Outlook |
 Contribution of
the Ancient Hindus to Science and Technology
|
Swami Vivekananda |
