Mark Twain, American novelist and writer, stated that "India is the cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, and great grandmother of tradition; and our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." Remain Rolland, French writer and Nobel laureate, observed that "If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India."
Why they and others had believed so is explained in this book in the form of a factual account of India's unparalleled and unrivalled but little appreciated and understood 10,000-year long achievements and contributions to mankind since the Vedic era and their spread to all parts of the globe. The material encompasses India's civilization, culture, societal structure, religions, languages, Vedic and post-Vedic scriptures, scientific discoveries, trade, pacifism, intellectual capital, knowledge, etc. It also includes the post-independence accomplishments in her relentless and steady quest to regain the splendour and glory lost under the 190-year British colonial oppression.
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