Logo

Synopsis It is the protective wall of Himalayas that has given to India the continuity of its civilization and social structure from the earliest times to out own days. The society described in the Mahabharata still bears many points of resemblance to what holds way in modern India. The life that the Budha witnessed 2,500 years ago continues over the continent with no fundamental modifications. People argue about the same questions of Karma and Maya, believe in the same doctrines and lead the same lives. The rituals of marriage, birth and burial and the organization of social relationship are not basically different. The Buddha born to-day would recognize the people of India as his own. This continuity of Indian life is the supreme gift of the Himalayan range. It is necessary therefore to emphasis that India as a concept comes into existence only with the development of Hindu civilization.