'The Heritage Post'

  “In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagvad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune to our soul to it.” -         Rudolph Steiner   We all know today about the history and story of the Mahabharata but the question is how much we understand about the epic and its message. The problem with us is that we take this epic at a very face value which distort our ability to understand and know the text deeply. Reading this epic as a piece of literature will took us much closer to reality. It describes about the social setup of the society, situation of women in the society and so on. This epic also raises some moral and ethical questions: - A)      The Draupadi’s Vastraharan had not happened if Pandavas or any courtier had resisted it but no one came before because all of them were bound by the Dhritrashtra’s promise or orders in the name of loyalty towards the throne of Hastinapur and its safety. This event raises a question that did someone’s promise

  In 19 th century when British colonized India they also brought with them their thoughts and out of those many, one was of the Aryans which India has also connection with but during the colonial era the Aryan question became the central idea for Indian identity and origin, and later a notion of Indian nationalism and struggle for independence. But the theories and the ideas which propagated in 19 th century India are still challenging to trained historians and archaeologists. Here are some theories related to Aryans and their advent in the Indian sub-continent. The origin of the word Aryan Aryan was derived from the old Iranian language ‘Arya’ used in the Zoroastrian text Avesta and was kindred with Sanskrit ‘Aryan’ The theories related to Aryans in Indian sub-continent are associated with, Aryans as a race, linguistic group and are also linked with the caste system and religion (Hinduism) widely. Max Muller one of the scholars of 19 th century mentions about a “Aryan homelan