Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
The flow of civilisation
This chapter describes The flow of civilisation located on page 116 of volume Volume 6 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 6 includes studies that have been finalised during the last five years. The first chapter deals with pensive images seated in half-locked posture (hankaza) found in China, Korea and Japan.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes The flow of civilisation. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Rivers in Ancient India (study) [by Archana Sarma]
After that it had six channels—three channels flowed to the east and three to the west. The rivers which flowed to the east were Hladini, Pavani and Nalini. The three rivers Sucasukshus, Sita and Sindhu flowed to the west. This seventh branch followed Bhagiratha and flowed to Patala to perform obsequies to the sons of Sagara. In the beginning, the river Sindhu is a united flow of two streams, rising in the Kailasa Mountain....
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Triveni Journal
Fortunately for me, when I closed my eyes, my sight was not entirely lost, but I could see love flowing into my heart from a Finite object unto an unknown Infinite Abstract. Fortunately for me, when my love flowed to the Infinite, I was not a wasted man. Spendthrift as I was, I had enough to spend. Love flowed, and flowed till the sound of that flow resembled the tune of a song....
Read full contents: Adoration
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain [by Chirantani Das]
It is possible that the mahajanapada derived its name from various rivers and streams flowing in and around this region. Other than the Ganga and Varuna, the Puranas mentioned names of two underground streams, Kirana and Dhupapapa, three monsoonal streams Brahmanal, Pitamaha Strotika, Mandakini and Matsyodari. Some minor streams Basuhi, Morwa, Nand and Gomati flow nearby. Some of the rivers mentioned in the Puranas are even extinct nowadays....
Read full contents: Part 3 - Rivers and other water sources of Varanasi
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[Cultural Horizons of India: index]
[About the Author (Lokesh Chandra)]
[Volume 1 (summary)]
[Volume 1 (preface)]
[Volume 2 (summary)]
[Volume 3 (summary)]
[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
[Volume 6 (summary)]
[Volume 7 (summary)]