The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c10.97

c10.97

Yet, this attitude does no justice to Indian history, since its vital limbs remained active during the periods when there was no central power. In a broad political sense, the absence of a central power, while encouraging the suppressed regionalism, led to greater external dangers exposing the land to invasions from the frontiers. Yet, these so-called periods of decay represent very vital constructive epochs of regional language, art, architecture etc. For example the period from the 7th century after the Christian era has seen the rise and development of provincial languages and literatures, creative styles of temple architecture in the provinces—Gujarat, Orissa and Central India—(distinct provincial styles based on the fundamental elements and ideas spread from the Gangetic basin). The recent agitation for the establishment of unilingual States must have been a recurrent phenomenon throughout our Indian history. Our history as a struggle between the centripetal and centrifugal forces has not been adequately studied.