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Actually, they were already destroyed by the time British Raj came to India. It was due to Islamic rule/colonization. Between 10th century and 15th century (f
by raincom 6y ago
Actually, they were already destroyed by the time British Raj came to India. It was due to Islamic rule/colonization. Between 10th century and 15th century (for 500 years) there were no intellectual works in eight domains, as Sheldon Pollock noted in his paper "Sanskrit knowledge on the eve of colonialism and at the dawn of globalization".
- naruvimama 6y agoSheldon Pollock of all the people. He is a known American Orientalist. Are there no traditionalists, do we still need to depend on a white man to get our own philosophy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_for_Sanskrit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_for_Sanskrit
- raincom 6y agoHaving white skin doesn't make false whatever Pollock says. Similarly, having brown skin doesn't make true whatever a brown person says. Just evaluate arguments independently of one's color. I am not saying that whatever Pollock says is true; instead, I am bringing in a specific point, for which Pollock adduces evidence.
- mark_l_watson 6y agoYou might want to check that. We recently saw the new documentary movie on Ayurvedic food and eating. They had a section on how the British destroyed the schools (including Ayurveda schools) and generally used maiming and other extreme punishments. I am not picking on the English, all empires do really rotten stuff. I can’t think of one exception.
- raincom 6y agoI agree with you. When you look at postcolonial arguments, they make it sound as if whatever sins we see in India is due to British colonialism. However, the same postcolonial scholars are silent on the Islamic colonialism.