The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s16.t1.3

c7.s16.t1.3

In certain instances the Indian peoples had to submit to these non-Indian peoples (excepting perhaps the Chinese) as subject races. In other instances the independent Indian states had to carry on their activities in a system of *maṇḍala* or geopolitical “sphere”, which comprised both Indian and non-Indian states. This is an important consideration the value of which cannot be overlooked in a survey not only of political literature like the *Nītiśāstras* but of every Hindu *vidyā* and *kalā*, art and science, philosophy and religion. India’s debt to non-Indian races is no less an historic reality than her contributions to their progress.