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The three chapters on Indian art selected for this book were originally published by Sri Aurobindo in his monthly review Arya, where they appeared in 1920 as part of a series entitled A Defence of Indian Culture. Together with a fourth chapter on painting which is not included here, they were reprinted in 1947 in the booklet The Significance of Indian Art. After Sri Aurobindo's passing, the whole of A Defence of Indian Culture and some related essays from the ...
It was a great era, indeed. A young time in ascendancy, new horizons opening and inex-haustible sources springing from within.
Puranic time, great myths being born from the vision of man, ancient gods returning to power, eternally young, kindling the hearts of men, filling them with rapture and exuberance.
And kings as if sprung from the myth itself, heroes, rulers, protectors transforming the aspiration of their time into a piece of immortality on earth.
Was it ...