The Foundations of Indian Culture

Bibliographical Note

THE FOUNDATIONS OF INDIAN CULTURE comprises under a single connecting title the series of articles that appeared in the Arya from December 1918 to January 1921 in the following sequence: "Is India Civilised?”, "A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture” and "A Defence of Indian Culture”. These articles were later revised by the author.

The essay "Indian Culture and External Influence” which appeared in the Arya of March 1919 was also included in the first edition as it bears on the same subject.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF INDIAN CULTURE was first published in book-form in 1953 by the Sri Aurobindo Library, New York. The First Indian edition appeared in 1959 and the second in 1968.

For the purposes of the Centenary Edition THE RENAISSANCE INDIA has also been brought under the same cover. The essays contained in this book appeared serially in the Arya from August to November 1918. The book was first published in 1920 and reprinted in 1937, 1946, 1951 and 1966.

A few photographic reproductions of Indian architecture, sculpture and painting have been added to illustrate the references in the text.