Civilisations Quote by Paul William Roberts

When we read with attention the poetical and philosophical monuments of the East--above all, those of India, which are beginning to spread in Europe--we…

— Victor Cousin

“In India, the past refuses to die, undisturbed by new realities.”

— Paul William Roberts

“And yet here there was tranquility, efficiency, a certain new-world courtesy and civility all their own. There were amazing facilities to study, unimaginable in…

— Anurag Mathur

I have always been fascinated by Indian history and architecture.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

The history of India for many centuries had been happier, less fierce, and more dreamlike than any other history. In these favorable conditions, they…

— H. G. Wells

We've gone from the image of India as land of fakirs lying on beds of nails, and snake charmers with the Indian rope trick,…

— Shashi Tharoor

I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the…

— John Archibald Wheeler

“Ancient India was a knowledge society and a leader in many intellectual pursuits, particularly in the fields of mathematics, medicine and astronomy. A renaissance…

— A P J Abdul Kalam

“Here he sensed there was nothing in the landscape but itself. He was delighted at this liberation from history. The trees, the meadows, the…

— Anurag Mathur

“Out of all its squalor and human decay, its eruptions of butchery, India produced so many people of grace and beauty, ruled by elaborate…

— Anonymous

India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.

— George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

“History of India From Ancient Times to the 20th Century   by William W. Hunter”

— Anonymous