Hinduism Quote by Audrey Truschke

“Brahmi seems to have been adapted from a Semitic writing system .. Brahmi is the ancestor of most of the writing systems used in India.”

— Roger D. Woodard

“He is no mean poet, and his verse can rouse or persuade even if his logic fail to convince. His message is not for…

— Muhammad Iqbal

“The king then ordered his officials: ‘You must see that nobody unlawfully disturbs the Brahmins or other Hindus of that region, so that they…

— Audrey Truschke

“O King, may the world bow to your command; May lips drip with expressions of thanks and salutations; Since it is your spirit that…

— Audrey Truschke

“Even the Hindu neighbours had no way of figuring out what the priest recited, though it was in their mother tongue, Marathi. He didn’t…

— Kiran Nagarkar

“During Aurangzeb’s rule, which lasted for forty-nine years from 1658 onwards, there were many phases during which Pandits were persecuted. One of his fourteen…

— Rahul Pandita

If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India, to imbibe their message, he must learn the Sanskrit…

— Sri Sathya Sai Baba

“It was extraordinary, Ahmed thought, how men distinguished in one field – and he assumed that Pandit Baba Sahib was distinguished – seemed to…

— Paul Scott

“The Muslims had become masters of Hindustan. They were quite willing to let us Hindus live our lives as we wanted to provided we…

— Khushwant Singh

“Don't place me in the lineage of your tribal white giants, they were cute little smart kids, but that's all, my peers of heart…

— Abhijit Naskar

“I realized that I belonged neither to the Hindus nor to the Mussalmans. How could I explain to my wife that while the Brahmins…

— Khushwant Singh

“But once a missionary religion, Hinduism perforce ceased to be a missionary religion after the time when the Hindu society developed its system of…

— B.R. Ambedkar