Eternal India Encyclopedia

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LURE - THRU THE AGES

LURE - THRU THE AGES OVERVIEW

The past is ever with us, and all that we are and that we have come from the past. We are its products and we live immersed in it. With the past, the present and the future are inextricably intertwined. It is to the benefit of those who have got a past to recall past history which makes us proud and hopeful for the future. - Jawaharlal Nehru.

Ancient Site - Indus Valley

Unravelling a nation's history could be a fascinating discovery. It is specially so when this land has had constantly changing limits in terms of expanse and time. It is best to treat a reading of this volume as a walk into the past with absolute freedom and being among the people, learn- ing from their lives and being touched by their experience. The ancient preceded by pre-history could sound mysterious. Some of India's unrecorded times have been narrated by tell-tale evidence of archaeology and oral tradition. The Dravidian and Aryan civilisations have been brought to light in a comprehensive style so that any reader would be in a position to tell it in a story form to generations of youngsters who will take pride in a generation that was. Indian history can no longer be read as a register with its long roll of saints, sages, thinkers, poets, kings and ministers, heroes and heroines. It has now become a story of fellow citizens, their struggles and triumphs, traced intelligently in a plot, rhythm and a pattern. Here then, is unfolded, a narrative of a people who lived within the purview of the realms like the Mauryas and the Guptas, the Cholas and the Pallavas, with epithets de- noting the characteristics of an age and an era.

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Thousand Pillars Temple passage - Rameshwaram.