Ariel Glucklich
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195314052
- eISBN:
- 9780199871766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195314052.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Hinduism
This chapter discusses the arrival of scientific archeology to India in the person of Mortimer Wheeler. The chapter discusses the distorting effects of colonialism on our knowledge of India. Using ...
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This chapter discusses the arrival of scientific archeology to India in the person of Mortimer Wheeler. The chapter discusses the distorting effects of colonialism on our knowledge of India. Using the archeology of Taxila and the Mt. Kailasa temple in Ellora, the chapter proposes a new way of approaching Hindu culture.Less
This chapter discusses the arrival of scientific archeology to India in the person of Mortimer Wheeler. The chapter discusses the distorting effects of colonialism on our knowledge of India. Using the archeology of Taxila and the Mt. Kailasa temple in Ellora, the chapter proposes a new way of approaching Hindu culture.
Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199777594
- eISBN:
- 9780199919048
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199777594.003.0016
- Subject:
- Religion, Hinduism
This final chapter presents a culminating stage in the evolution of the cult of Viṭṭhal: its interpretation in spiritual terms. The chapter discusses, in turn, spiritual interpretations that the ...
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This final chapter presents a culminating stage in the evolution of the cult of Viṭṭhal: its interpretation in spiritual terms. The chapter discusses, in turn, spiritual interpretations that the Marathi poet-saints have given of the river at Pandharpur, of Pandharpur itself, of the temple of Viṭṭhal there, and of the god himself. The chapter discusses analogies in bhakti literature between the human body and temples, and analogies between various moral categories, such as remorse or a good person, on the one hand, and holy water-places (tīrthas), on the other. The chapter also examines the extensive image Jñāneśvar uses in comparing the Bhagavadgītā to the “Kailās” cave-temple at Ellora.Less
This final chapter presents a culminating stage in the evolution of the cult of Viṭṭhal: its interpretation in spiritual terms. The chapter discusses, in turn, spiritual interpretations that the Marathi poet-saints have given of the river at Pandharpur, of Pandharpur itself, of the temple of Viṭṭhal there, and of the god himself. The chapter discusses analogies in bhakti literature between the human body and temples, and analogies between various moral categories, such as remorse or a good person, on the one hand, and holy water-places (tīrthas), on the other. The chapter also examines the extensive image Jñāneśvar uses in comparing the Bhagavadgītā to the “Kailās” cave-temple at Ellora.
Nayanjot Lahiri
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780190130480
- eISBN:
- 9780190993870
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190130480.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Indian History, Social History
This chapter showcases a memorable aspect of M.N. Deshpande’s years as Superintendent Archaeologist based in Aurangabad, when he escorted Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his friend, Lady Edwina ...
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This chapter showcases a memorable aspect of M.N. Deshpande’s years as Superintendent Archaeologist based in Aurangabad, when he escorted Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his friend, Lady Edwina Mountbatten to Ajanta and Ellora. What was involved in getting historic cave sites ready for such high profile visitors, at what point of time in Nehru’s career did this visit materialize, how can the importance of India’s past in general and Ajanta in particular the life of the Prime Minister be explained and how did Deshpande act as the primary ‘sutradhara’ there are some of the themes that it looks at. The rapport that the archaeologist shared with the prime minister is best captured in the photographs of this visit, published here for the first time, which form part of the Deshpande archives.Less
This chapter showcases a memorable aspect of M.N. Deshpande’s years as Superintendent Archaeologist based in Aurangabad, when he escorted Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his friend, Lady Edwina Mountbatten to Ajanta and Ellora. What was involved in getting historic cave sites ready for such high profile visitors, at what point of time in Nehru’s career did this visit materialize, how can the importance of India’s past in general and Ajanta in particular the life of the Prime Minister be explained and how did Deshpande act as the primary ‘sutradhara’ there are some of the themes that it looks at. The rapport that the archaeologist shared with the prime minister is best captured in the photographs of this visit, published here for the first time, which form part of the Deshpande archives.
