2. • India has a long history
• Cultural tradition is very old
• India’s cultural heritage-ancient extensive and
varied
• Throught the ages many races and peoples
contributed to India’s culture
• Some came into contact only temporarily
other’s setteled permanently
• The culture evolved was synthesis on the basis
of eternal values
3. INDIAN CULTURAL HARITAGE
• Most ancient, widespread, varied
• It has its own geographic, ethnic, religious linguistic
background.
• Pre historic Indus valley civilization flourished over
4000 years ago.
• Vedic civilization laid spiritual foundation, philosophical
thought
• Jain and Buddhist movements took the spiritual wealth
• Buddhism even spreading abroad
• Two ideals took shape
1) The spiritual nature of man
2) Acceptance of all cultures
4. INDIAN SOCIETY
• Unite old and complex
• It covered 5000 years
• Immigrants of different ethnic groups
linguistic communities, religious backgrounds
merged into its population
• Contributed to diversity, richness
• Composite culture-stable, varied patterns
• Indian culture-result of culture contact
cultural diffusion, cultural conflict, cultural
assimilation
5. UNITY
• Though highly encyclopaedic in nature
• Pervading unity binds together multiplicity of
beliefs and practices.
• The different system possess unity of
character and attitude.
• Which we call Hindu spirit
• Civilization inspired by spiritual insight of
sages marked by moral integrity.
