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Vimarsh on Nation's Strategic Thought: Perspectives from Ancient India

On September 26, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Vimarsh on "Nation's Strategic Thought: Perspectives from Ancient India" by Lt. Gen. Ajai Kumar Singh (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM. He retired from the Indian Army as Gene....

September 30, 2024 Vimarsh , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Swami Vivekananda , ancient India , Ram Rajya , Nation Strategic Thought , Rigveda , Yajurveda
Welcome remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF during the Vimarsh talk on “Nation’s Strategic Thought -Perspectives from Ancient India” by Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to today’s Vimarsh talk by Lt Gen… on an interesting topic “Nation’s Strategic Thought -Perspectives from Ancient India”. General Ajai Kumar Singh, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishi....

September 27, 2024 ancient India , Welcome remarks , Nation Strategic Thought , Dr Arvind Gupta
Sengol – Obliterate history, deny after discovery
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history,” said George Orwell. The latest Indian example of how Orwell’s dictum works is the obliteration of the Sengol ceremony from the history ....

June 22, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , ancient India , Constituent Assembly , Sengol , Obliterate history , George Orwell
Can the West Understand Indian Traditions Better?
Rohith Krishna Commentary

The Western descriptions of India in scholarship, early travelers, media, and movie depictions like Indiana Jones have mostly been problematic. Many of such descriptions stand today as ‘common sense’ even to many Indians, creating a blockade to a....

May 18, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , ancient India , Modernity , Post-colonialism , Orientalism , West , Decolonization , Ancient Greek
An Outline of the Development of Ancient Historical and Archaeological Studies in India
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Article

There is a wide range of studies on this topic, often contentious in various ways. Here I shall adopt a simple factual approach, outlining how the study of ancient Indian history and archaeology has developed in different stages from the mid-18th cen....

September 06, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , ancient India , archaeology , Archaeological Survey of India , Asiatic Society , Cunningham , Elphinstone , Indologists , Mauryan , Mohenjo-Daro
Perceiving Silk Road as a Pilgrimage Route to India
Rohith Krishna Article

If someone has to physically locate the Silk Road, then they would usually find a region from the main landmass of China to the ancient Roman Empire. The route in between, also touches the northern region of the Indian subcontinent as well as the Cen....

August 30, 2022 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , China , Central Asia , Buddhism , Silk Road , ancient India , Pilgrimage , South-East Asia
Chikitsa Dharma (Medical Ethics): Insights from Ancient Indian Tradition

The Vivekananda International Foundation held an online discussion on 10th August 2020, on the subject of “Chikitsa Dharma (Medical Ethics): Insights from Ancient Indian Tradition”. The main aim of the discussion was to understand medical ethics ....

August 17, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , ancient India , Chikitsa Dharma , Medical Ethics , Holistic treatment , Ancient Ethical Principles
The Arthasastra- New Directions in Research

On 6th August 2020 VIF organised a symposium on the theme: “The Arthasastra: New Directions in Research”. The aim of the symposium, apart from briefly discussing the historical perspectives on the Arthasastra, was to shed light on the strategic u....

August 12, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , ancient India , Arthasastra Philosophy , Historical perspectives , Kautilyas Arthasastra , Strategic Perspectives , Western civilization
Book Discussion on Dilip Chakrabarti’s Ancient Rajasthan

On 24 February 2020, VIF organized a book discussion on Prof. Dilip K. Chakrabarti’s latest book Ancient Rajasthan: Research Development, Epigraphic Evidence on Political Power Centres, and Historical Perspectives (New Delhi: Aryan Books Internatio....

March 09, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , ancient India , Ancient Rajasthan , Rajputs , Feudalism
From Indraprastha to New Delhi: The Millennial Itihasa of a Capital
Come Carpentier de Gourdon Article

sarvanyetani dharmani ksatre bharata sattam, nirashishe jivaloke dharmem vyavasthitaha; majjet trayi dandanitau hatayam sarvem dharma prakseyeyurvi rudadhaha, sarvem dharmashchshramanam hataha syuhu ksatre tyakte rajadharmem purane.....

November 01, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , ancient India , India’s historical heritage
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