Is India Civilized ? : Essays on Indian Culture [Hardcover]

Name : Is India Civilized ? : Essays on Indian Culture [Hardcover]

Author : Sir John Woodroffe

Book Format : Hardcover

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121298698

Language : English

Pages : 401-500 Pages

Publish Year : 2023

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About The Book : In this book, author Sir John Woodroffe writes a strong and passionate defense of India and its culture, exposing the principles that made her civilization. He has expressed his thoughts and observations about Indian Culture, spirituality, and traditions. This book has explained many essential topics about Indian civilization like Conflict of Cultures, Cultural attacks in India, the root of the Culture, etc. In this book, Woodroffe encourages India to follow her own tradition and ways. About The Author : Sir John George Woodroffe (1865 –1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and other Hindu traditions, stimulated a wide-ranging interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga. John was educated at Woburn Park School and the University College, Oxford, where he took second classes in jurisprudence and the Bachelor of Civil Law examinations. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1889, and in the following year was enrolled as an advocate of the Calcutta High Court. He was soon made a Fellow of the Calcutta University and appointed Tagore Law Professor. He collaborated with Ameer Ali in a widely used textbook, Civil Procedure in British India. He was appointed Standing Counsel to the Government of India in 1902, and in 1904 was raised to the High Court Bench. He served

Country of Origin : India