The History of Aryan Rule in India (Classic Reprint): From the Earliest Times to the Death of Akbar: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Akbar (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The History of Aryan Rule in India: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Akbar

Mental economic and social conditions by which a prudent and far - seeing State policy must be governed and blind to the things of everyday Indian life which pass before his own eyes. The logic of history, ancient or modern, Indian or European, is lost upon him.

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Excerpt from The History of Aryan Rule in India From the Earliest Times to the Death of Akbar

The Eastern Question is always with us, for the fate of the British Empire is bound up with it; and the kernel of the Eastern Question lies in India, the country which has contributed most to the wealth, prosperity, and power of the Empire. But neglect of the study of Indian history, or 'colossal ignorance' of it, has never been regarded as a disqualification for the highest positions in the Government of India. The Imperial Parliament takes it for granted that a capable British Minister is as well qualified for dealing with the problems of Indian administration as he is for any other office of State.

It is a significant fact that Indians generally prefer an administrator who has not been through the mill of the Indian Civil Service, from the idea that he will be likely to treat high political questions in a more liberal and unbiased spirit. And in this matter the Indian has intuitively understood the secret of the astonishing success of British rule in the East. Indian philosophy has always discriminated between two kinds of knowledge - intuitional or divinely inspired wisdom, and traditional, or that which is acquired by training and experience; and the former has always been held to be in the highest plane. It is not the educational equipment or administrative efficiency of the bureaucracy which makes the vast majority of Indians accept British rule as the best possible one, and brings Hindu and Musalman to rally round the flag of the Empire at the most critical time of its existence.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.