Culture of India

p Culture of India

Indian culture can be compared to a rapid river , which takes source from a little well high in the Himalayas and flows down among blossomy valleys and thick forests , beautiful gardens and farms , small villages and big cities . Many tributaries join it , and the mainstream becomes stronger and more powerful . There is a great variety of ethnic groups and communities with their beliefs , languages and culture living in India . However , numerous aspects of exclusive traditional Indian culture can be easily spotted everywhere . For centuries , the country lived

through a lot of changes , assimilated various elements of other cultures , but it successfully preserved its ancient traditions and legacy

The progression of Indian culture started from the early civilizations Historical records of Hrappa and Brahmanic epochs (5000-800 B .C ) prove that a great deal of traditions and cultural elements (such as Sanskrit yoga , early Hinduism , etc ) were practiced in those times . Buddhism and Jainism emerged in the 5th century B .C . The epoch of Mautya and Gupta Empires is called Golden Age ' of Indian culture . The Emperors of Gupta dynasty loved arts and favored the development of literature music and early plastic arts , mostly dominated by religious motifs . As a result of European and Oriental colonization , Indian culture absorbed the elements of Greek , Roman , Chinese and other cultural traditions

Muslim conquests in the 11th-15th centuries had a great impact on Indian social and cultural life . In particular , Hinduism adopted many philosophical ideas of Sufism , and the influence of Islamic...