The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c6.11

c6.11

Many explanations have been given of the causes of Indian unrest, but none seem to take into account that which has always been the great disturbing cause in the history of India. It has never been a racial question. India has been as happy and contented under Scythian or Mogul rulers as under those of Aryan race. It has not been a religious question, for no people have been more open-minded in religious thought than Indians. But ever since the Aryans made India prosperous and content with the wonderful organization of their village communities and the splendid culture which grew out of them, those who have tampered with it, knowingly or ignorantly, have had to meet the active or passive resistance of all—to whatever race or sect they might belong—who had learned to love the freedom of Indo-Aryan institutions.