SANSKRIT CIVILIZATION 1. The millennium and a half, which began with the Muaryas and ended with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, was a glorious period of Sanskritic proliferation in arts, literature, spirituality, poetics, prosody, linguistics, grammar, drama, aesthetics, philosophy, epistemology, Yoga, Sankhya, Mimamsa and criticism. It was a unique period in Indian history that saw to the development of both classical and folk traditions; the Sanskrit language and the regional dialects; and the growth of the central as well as regional powers. This period was a period of immense development of the Indian mind, its knowledge systems, aesthetics, technology, its Universities and educational institutions, as well as of expanding trade and prosperity. 2. Vaishanavism, Shaivism, Budhism, Tantra and Monism brought about an avalanche of Bhakti – an unprecedented spiritual activity that paved way for its manifestations in devotional poetry, a hunger for personalizing man-God relationship and growth and development of diverse regional traditions across the sub-continent. 3. Kashmir was in the forefront of these developments and made its unique contribution to Indian culture and way of life. It shall be very relevant to state that these aspects of uniqueness of Kashmir’s contribution to the Indian civilization still mould the minds of Kashmiris and are manifestly visible in the prayers, hymns, thoughts and actions of Kashmiris even today and bring pride to the Sanskrit heritage and roots of the Indians. This unique period in India’s cultural and civilizational context can’t be treated just a continuum of the “Vedic period”. We believe that this unique period in India’s cultural and civilizational context should in fact be treated as a leap above the “Vedic period” and hence should be referred to as the period of “Sanskrit Civilization”.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 03:48:54 +0000
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