By Sanjeev Sanyal
Land of The Seven Rivers: a quick historical past of India's Geography is a publication that goals to familiarize its readers with the interesting geography of our kingdom, India. The ebook solutions many of the frequently-asked questions touching on India's geography. Did the nice flood, which used to be a part of an Indian legend, truly occur? How have been the Europeans in a position to map India? What used to be the genuine purpose in the back of Buddha giving his first sermon at Sarnath?
One of crucial points to contemplate, while taking a look at the heritage of a rustic, is its geography. in an try and detect the mysteries that encompass the historical past of India, the writer of this e-book embarks on a trip around the size and breadth of India. His major reason is to find the heritage of India from the country's mountains, rivers and cities.
The writer has left no stone unturned in getting to know the hidden mysteries which are part of India's historical past. He has been to a couple of archaeological websites, crossed a number of rivers and sifting via old manuscripts and files, all in an try to support his readers achieve a greater knowing of the geography of India.
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Thus, the book focuses on a somewhat different set of questions: Is there any truth in ancient legends about the Great Flood? Why do Indians call their country Bharat? What do the epics tell us about how Indians perceived the geography of their country in the Iron Age? Why did the Buddha give his first sermon at Sarnath, just outside Varanasi? What was it like to sail on an Indian Ocean merchant ship in the fifth century AD or to live the life of an idle playboy in Gupta-era Pataliputra? How did the Mughals hunt lions?
The Manusmriti is often used by scholars as the framework to understand the phenomenon of castes. It now appears that the formal ‘Varna’ based caste system described in the text is a scholarly abstraction that may never have existed in reality. 34 Instead, what we have here is a very flexible and organic milieu consisting of Jatis that can adapt easily to changing times by allowing for evolving social equations. For instance, the system can spontaneously create new castes whenever new groups need to be accommodated.
It is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The hilly terrain is littered with hundreds of caves and rock shelters that appear to have been inhabited almost continuously for over 30,000 years. The country’s climate and wildlife would have gone through a lot of change over this long period. For instance, the finding of beads and ornaments made from ostrich-egg shells show that the bird was once common in India. It is possible that the Stone Age fashion industry pushed it into extinction by targeting the eggs.