This work titled ‘Glimpses of Vedic and ancient Indian Civilization;, is an attempt to uncover some important aspects of Vedic and ancient Indian Civilization through an analytical study of textual references. The first part of the book covers specified topics like women, food, life-breath eulogy, socialism, economic life, and democracy, based on Vedic literature. The later part provides glimpses of some other aspects of Indian culture and civilization as depicted in the Post Vedic Sanskrit texts. Through this research views of ancient thinkers on ecology, education, family, environmental ethics, philosophy, and management are brought out. The discussions present an absorbing analysis of these issues related to ancient Indian thought. The work aids enormously in a deeper comprehension of the Indian heritage. This volume consisting of twenty two chapters is with a foreword by Prof. G.C. Tripathi, Head, Kalakosha Division, IGNCA, Delhi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shashi Tiwari
Dr. Shashi Tiwari, well-known Vedic and Sanskrit Scholar, is engaged in Sanskrit studies and Vedic research for the last forty years. She has participated in several conferences held in USA, Canada, Italy and Nepal along with many conferences held in different parts of India. She has herself organized around a dozen international conferences in India on themes related to Vedas and ancient heritage. Dr. Tiwari has sixteen books to her credit, apart from her contribution of more than hundred research papers to reputed journals and edited volumes. She has been honoured with nine prestigious academic awards from various Academies of India for her writings and publications. About twelve research scholars have been awarded M.Phil./Ph.D. degrees under her supervision Dr. Shashi Tiwari, presently working as a senior reader in the Department of Sanskrit, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, has also worked in the Hindu University of America, USA as a Visiting Professor of Basic Hindu Scriptures.
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