About the Book There is no dearth of books talking about one or another aspect of Bharatiyas and Bharat Sometimes books serve to misinform rather than inform. Most of the books create confusion and give an idea as if the various sects in Bharat are conflicting and head-on colliding with each other. As if the various sects originated as an assault upon or revolt against the basic tenets of Vedic culture and civilization. Vedic culture is the most scientific and rational in the world. Its traditions, festivals, and rituals all have a scientific base behind them. Its base is not a religion but dharma dealing with knowledge, ethics and spirituality expressed through symbols, similes and allegories. The present treatise intends to bring forth the true face of Vedic culture and civilization. It tries to give a rational and scientific interpretation of many misunderstood and misinterpreted concepts of Vedic cultural heritage. In this treatise, we shall let our participants know about various features of scientific Vedic culture.

About the Author Prof Ravi Prakash Arya in a world-renowned Vedie Scholar Philologist, historian, philosopher. He is a prolific speaker and writer. He is a widely traveled scholar who has delivered more than 350 popular and academie talks on various toples of the Vedas, Indian History, Linguistics, Philosophy Culture and Scientific Indian heritage in various countries of the world He is doing pioneering work for preserving and propa- gating the universal and scientific Vedic heritage of India under the auspices of the Indian Foundation for Vedic Science. He has to his credit 75 research papers and 70 books running into 84 volumes on the various aspects of Vedas Vedic Sciences Vedic Exegesis. Vedic Philology. Vedic Philosophy, Religion, Indian History, and Culture He is the Chief Editor of a quarterly Research Journal Vedic Science dealing with the scientific interpretation of Vedas & Allied literature and ancient Indian traditions. This Journal is acclaimed as an authoritative document on Vedic Sciences. He is also the editor of the annual World Vedic Calendar. He has convented several national international and conferences. seminars, and workshops.

Preface Bharat is credited with a highly advanced culture and civilization based on knowledge of science and spirituality. The Vedas and post Vedic literature have been the storehouse of various branches of knowledge on science, spirituality, philosophy, culture, civilization, economy, polity, jurisprudence, management, Ayurveda, Yoga, pharmacy and others. This knowledge was documented from time to time and carried forward for future generations until the mass-scale destruction of manuscripts to plunder and loot and devastation of libraries of Nalanda, Takshshila, Vikramshila and Ujjain. Still a vast number of manuscripts on various subjects are found preserved in various museums and libraries of Bharat and abroad. Nearly, 1.5 million manuscripts are held in the libraries and museums of America, Europe and more than 10 million manuscripts are still preserved in Bharat.

Introduction Civilization is defined as the most advanced stage of social. economic, scientific and philosophical development of human life. Culture on the other hand consists of behavior patterns of human beings. Just as the behaviour of an individual is called sanskara, the behavior pattern of the whole society is known as sanskrti or culture. For example, saree and dhoti are used throughout Bharat, but people from various states have different wearing styles. As such dhoti and saree are part of Bharatiya civilization, but various wearing styles reflect various cultures. So culture is a sum total of beliefs. knowledge systems, art, morals, law, customs and any other capability and habit acquired by human beings as members of society.

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