the attainment of the Great Knowledge.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
American naturalist, philosopher and writer
"India was the motherland of our race,
and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages:
she was the mother of our philosophy;
mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics;
mother, through the Buddha,
of the ideals embodied in Christianity;
mother, through the village community,
of self-government and democracy.
Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all"
Will & Ariel Durant (1885 – 1981), American Historians Authors of ‘Story of Civilization’
“The ancient civilization of India differs from
those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece,
in that its traditions have been preserved without
breakdown to present day.”
Arthur Basham (1914 – 1986)
Australian Historian
"India is the cradle of the human race,
the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history,
the grandmother of legend,
and the great grandmother of tradition.
Our most valuable and most instructive materials
in the history of man are treasured up in India only."
Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)
American author
the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution