From Adam's Peak to Elephanta, Sketches In Ceylon And India
By Edward Carpenter
Length9h 42m
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Excerpt: "The subject of Religious Origins is a fascinating one, as the great multitude of books upon it, published in late years, tends to show. Indeed the great difficulty to-day in dealing with the subject, lies in the very mass of the material to hand—and that not only on account of the labor involved in sorting the material, but because the abundance itself of facts opens up temptation to a student in this department of Anthropology (as happens also in other branches of general Science) to rush in too hastily with what seems a plausible theory. The more facts, statistics, and so forth, there are available in any investigation, the easier it is to pick out a considerable number which will fit a given theory. The other facts being neglected or ignored, the views put forward enjoy for a time a great vogue. Then inevitably, and at a later time, new or neglected facts alter the outlook, and a new perspective is established."
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GenreTravel
Length9 hrs 42 mins
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Publish dateMar 18, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1From Adam's Peak
2PREFACE
3CHAPTER I. COLOMBO.
4CHAPTER II. KANDY AND PEASANT LIFE.
5CHAPTER III. KURUNÉGALA.
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6CHAPTER IV. ADAM’S PEAK AND THE BLACK RIVER.
7CHAPTER V. BRITISH LAW-COURTS AND BUDDHIST TEMPLES.
8CHAPTER VI. ANURÁDHAPURA: A RUINED CITY OF THE JUNGLE.
9CHAPTER VII. A NIGHT-FESTIVAL IN A HINDU TEMPLE.
10A VISIT TO A GÑÁNI
11CHAPTER VIII. A VISIT TO A GÑÁNI.
12CHAPTER IX. CONSCIOUSNESS WITHOUT THOUGHT.
13CHAPTER X. METHODS OF ATTAINMENT.
14CHAPTER XI. TRADITIONS OF THE ANCIENT WISDOM-RELIGION.
15CHAPTER XII. THE SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLES.
16CHAPTER XIII. MADRAS AND CALCUTTA.
17CHAPTER XIV. BENARES.
18CHAPTER XV. THE ANGLO-INDIAN AND THE OYSTER.
19CHAPTER XVI. DELHI AND AGRA.
20CHAPTER XVII. BOMBAY.
21THE OLD ORDER AND THE NEW INFLUENCES
22CHAPTER XVIII. THE OLD ORDER: CASTE AND COMMUNISM.
23CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW INFLUENCES: WESTERN SCIENCE AND COMMERCIALISM.
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