The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c14.s2.4

c14.s2.4

This very situation on a smaller scale and with less disastrous effects, can be seen in India. As Prof. Haimendorf explains, "it is a phenomenon peculiar to India, that throughout the ages, great civilizations have arisen without obliterating or absorbing all that has gone before; the older and the more static cultures gave way not by disintegrating, but by seeking refuge in remote areas, uncongenial to civilization based on advanced agricultural economy. There can be no doubt that the so-called aboriginals, inhabiting such refuge areas, represent comparatively old and primitive types."