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The Calcutta Review an Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) November 1945

1945

Sir Ardeshir Dalal one of the formulators of the Bombay Pin (whose prime object is to remove the dire poverty under which the c mint ry is groaning; to raise the purchasing power of the peopie and to treble the national income during a period of 15 years) and Member for Planning and Development. [...] Their moving and majestic stories: the vast panorama of the Genesis and the Apocalypse ; the petalike delicacy and devotion of the hymns to Usha in the Rig Veda; the stirring tale of wily Odysseus; the short and charming Cinderella fitted with morals too; the ethical conflict of Arjuna in the Gita ; the grotesques of the Chinese dragon; the terror of the man-eating Uitzilipotchli in Mexico ; t [...] According to Macdonell the historical germ of the Mahabbarata—conflict between the Kurus and Panchalacannot later than 1000 B. C. The original form of the text-book took shape during the 5th century B. C. additions were made to it after 300 B. C. and it bad assumed the form of a didactic compendium by the beginning of the Christian era.' It is in the additions made after 300 B. C. that foreig [...] A little before this Eastern India saw the rise of two religions Jainism and Buddhism During the time that additions continued to be made the Greek invasion of the Punjab took place the Mauryas rose in power and their empire spread over the whole of India (except the extreme southern territories) occupied by the Cheras (Keralputra and Satiyaputra states) Cholas and Pandyas and beyond the In [...] The legends of Khotan connect Asoka with this country." The rock and pillar edicts and cave inscriptions of Asoka covethe country from the Himalayas to Mysore and from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian sea.
history
Pages
44
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv unknown view
Education of Indians in Foreign Countries
41-47 Taraknath Das, Gobindram Watumull view
The Study of Myths
48-55 Sisir Ghosh view
Foreign and Outlying Tribes in Epic India
56-64 Nanimadhab Chaudhuri view
Miscellanay
65-66 Benoy Sarkar view
Round the World
66-67 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
68-71 unknown view
Ourselves
71-71 unknown view
Official Notifications University of Calcutta
72-76 unknown view
Backmatter
1-2 unknown view

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