tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001834.post113863605261183181..comments2024-01-13T18:08:41.591+05:30Comments on drisyadrisya: How Old ?!drisyadrisyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03210422252612711325noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001834.post-1138657790788790702006-01-31T03:19:00.000+05:302006-01-31T03:19:00.000+05:30Well, as I said, the intend was not to explore the...Well, as I said, the intend was not to explore the details, but to point out some interesting aspects<BR/><BR/>To your question, I would tend to believe that Bharata Rashtram was there as an ideological concept as well quite a geographical entity - the exact boundaries of which may have been dynamic <BR/><BR/>Again, when exactly did it come into being- difficult to say- and I would tend to believe that it was dynamic<BR/><BR/>Shankaracharya, in his travels, chose those places, which somewhat defines 4 parts of India.. Asethu Himachalam has been a saying for time immerial.. "Gangecha Yamunecha .." has been chanted by South Indians also for ages.. So some sort of a concept surey existed well before the Brits.. and I would also tend to believe that spirituality or religion played the major role in defining those concepts and boundaries <BR/><BR/>But yeah, questions still remain.. how abt the north east for example.. How were the princely states viewed, did they have the notion of "foreigners". If so why did they fall to islamic invasions, and some atleast even make allies with them .. Some of it can be answered- for example, the fire power that comes out of islam is just incomparable, and its no surprise that the pacifist Buddhist fell easily to them, even if they had any concept of Nation and so on <BR/><BR/>anyways, a scholary work is beyond the scopedrisyadrisyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210422252612711325noreply@blogger.com