TY - BOOK AU - Dhar T N TI - A portrait of Indian culture T2 - Bhārata-svātantrya-svarṇajayantī-granthamālā, 36 U1 - 954 D5356 P PY - 0000///Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, CY - 2003. PB - New Delhi KW - Civilization in literature KW - India KW - History and Civilization N1 - "A Portrait of Indian Culture" is a multi dimentional short volume primarily meant for the youth. It gives an account of the entire gamut of the ancient Indian literature, as also the different schools of Indian philosophy. It includes a set of analytical articles on the Gita, as also stories from the Upanishads with fruitful morals. There are some chapters which deal with contemporary problems and their solution from our rich cultural heritage, in order to establish the relevance of the ancient knowledge to the present day needs. The book ventures to suggest some new angles of approaching and studying the treasurehouse of knowledge inherited by us. Above all it has a message that we should strive to raise man from animality to divinity for the goof of the mankind ER -