https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=The_Continent_of_Circe 2026-09-06T22:33:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Continent_of_Circe&diff=76697&oldid=prev 2020-01-19T01:14:50Z

<p>Moving from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Essay_collections&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Essay collections (page does not exist)">Category:Essay collections</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Indian_essay_collections&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Indian essay collections (page does not exist)">Category:Indian essay collections</a> using <a href="/w/index.php?title=C:Help:Cat-a-lot&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="C:Help:Cat-a-lot (page does not exist)">Cat-a-lot</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{refimprove|date=September 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox book <br /> | name = The Continent of Circe<br /> | author = Nirad C. Chaudhuri<br /> | country = India<br /> | language = English<br /> | subject = Analysis of Indian society in the early 20th century from historical, sociological and cultural perspective<br /> | genre = autobiographical,non fiction<br /> | publisher = Jaico Books<br /> | release_date = 1965<br /> | english_release_date = 1965<br /> | media_type = book<br /> | awards = Duff Cooper Memorial Prize (1966)<br /> | pages = <br /> | isbn = <br /> | preceded_by = A Passage to England (1959)<br /> | followed_by = The Intellectual in India (1967)<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;The Continent of Circe&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (1965) is a book of essays written by Indian author [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]] that was winner of the [[Duff Cooper Prize]] for 1966.&lt;ref&gt;Duff Cooper Prize Winners [http://www.theduffcooperprize.org/past-duff-cooper-prize-winners/3 online]&lt;/ref&gt; In this book, Chaudhuri discusses Indian society from a [[Social psychology|socio-psychological]] perspective, commenting on Hindu society from [[Prehistory]] to modern times. The author&#039;s thesis is that [[militarism]] has been a way of life there from time immemorial.<br /> <br /> Chaudhuri gives an account of various [[anthropology|anthropological]] subgroups dominating the Indian subcontinent and the struggles between [[Social class|classes]] from the arrival of [[Aryan]]s to later settlements of [[Huns]] in western India.<br /> <br /> The book argues against the [[pacifism|&quot;pacifist&quot;]] theory of India as being a peace-loving nation further cemented by the principles of [[nonviolence]] preached by [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]]. The author holds a different view and points to what he sees as an inherent love for violence in Hindus stretching from [[Ashoka|Emperor Ashoka]] (exemplified with the [[Kalinga War|battle of Kalinga]]), through the [[Gupta Empire|Imperial Guptas]] until the time India was invaded by [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] in the early 15th century.<br /> <br /> The focal point of the book is that every major Hindu dynasty has followed the path of war to secure and capture new domains and that violence is very much a part of life in Indian society. This is further corroborated by literary evidence, as can be seen in [[Indian epic poetry|epics]] like the [[Mahabharata]], [[Ramayana]], the poems of [[Samudragupta]] etc., which give graphic descriptions of wars fought on a colossal scale.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Continent of Circe}}<br /> [[Category:1965 non-fiction books]]<br /> [[Category:Indian non-fiction books]]<br /> [[Category:History books about India]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian books]]<br /> [[Category:Indian essay collections]]<br /> {{india-hist-book-stub}}</div>

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