The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.36

c13.s6.36

The mighty Tangs were followed by the brilliant Sung dynasty which ruled the entire Empire from 960 to 1127, and later only South China down to 1279. Under the Sungs the fortunes of Hindu culture were no less prosperous than under the Tangs. Indeed by the twelfth and thirteenth centuries not only Taoism but even Confucianism had been thoroughly transformed under Indian influence. The result was a reinterpreted Confucian cult or Neo-Confucianism.⁶⁷