Culture

Master Zind Koul, Har Gopal Koul, Arnimal,  Bawani Das Kachroo, Mehjoor, and many other preached the message of brotherhood, one idea and one ideal  . Both Hindu and  Muslim schools of sufism…
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Kashmir has contributed a lot to Pratyabhijna system of Kashmir Shaivism. It was originated by  Somananda Utpaladeva Abhinava Gupta. (9th -12th AD). He must have been born by about beginning …
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Part 4 Kashmir’s contribution to the Buddhist ideology and culture was first in chronological order. Ashoka sent Madyantika, a preacher to Kashmir to propgate the new faith. He founded 12 Viharas.…
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Our Heritage. Part 3 According to Kalhana, “Astrologer, doctor, councilor, teacher, Minister, purohit, ambassador, judge, clerk: none of them was without learning” (Rajtrangani, Book VI,…
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Our Heritage Part 2 Even Kalhana in his Rajatarangni emphazies the importance that people attached to learning. According to him, learning was one of the five things for which the Vally was…
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Our Heritage The valley of Kashmir is a blessed valley because of its indescribable beauty – its lakes, rivers, rivulets, lush and rolling landscape, verdant hills and its backdrop of high…
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Conclusion (continued...) In examing these permanent elements in him, a few instances may be sought to prove this poem. He inducted the theme of workmen’s miseries in his poetry: …
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Conclusion Mahjoor’s essential contribution lies in a affecting an obvious departure from the planintive and melancholic philosophy of mystics belonging to the Kashmir School of Sufism. He…
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Nationalism in Mahjoor A third factor was Mahjoor’s unshakable faith in the past. Nationalism is essentially a group memory of past achievements, traditions, and experience. A voracious…
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Nationalism in Mahjoor In order to trace nationalistic trends in Mahjoor, it is important at the outset to list briefly four to five factors, which were mainly responsible for strengthening such…
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