India is the world's largest, oldest and if you exclude the last 300 years then the wealthiest civilisation. We can call India the cradle of human civilisation, the birthplace of speech, the mother of history and numerous languages, the grandmother of legends and traditions, and the birthplace of science, mathematics, astronomy etc. From caves, temples to palaces, India boasts an architectural diversity like no other country in the world. Indian architecture is rooted in its history, culture, and Dharma.
GLORIOUS CIVILISATION ANNIHILATED BY INVADERS
India has seen a number of waves of invasions. For centuries India has been a land of sages and higher learning. Before the Islamic conquest, India already had seats of higher learning such as Nalanda and Taxila to which scholars from all over the world travelled in order to study. History is witness to the fact that everyone lived in peaceful coexistence in India. After Islamic rulers destroyed Indian civilisation, Britishers damaged it more tactically. The relationship of the Hindu masses of India with the Mughals as well as Britishers remained that of the conquered with the conqueror. The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in world history. During the rule of both British and Mughals, India not only lost its economy, self-dependency but also its past glorious civilisations.
Unfortunately, when India got its Independence, Governments were also not focused on restoring India's past glorious civilisation. Even talking about our past glorious heritage, culture was considered as backwardness in politics. Even after India's Independence from colonial oppression, the new political and educational forces in independent India also reflected colonial and Marxist influences that portrayed India's enduring civilisation as a myth or a prejudice, as occurred before Independence.
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