Moar (November 10th, 2012)
Good to know that Alain Daniélou has highlighted Jat History !!
I AM aware of his research-work on Dionysys for over few months now, but didn't knew that he has highlighted Jat History as well !!
Anyways, his interest in Dionysus itself explains his interest in Jat History !!
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Sincerely !!
Last edited by Moar; November 10th, 2012 at 04:40 PM.
Danielou was a musician.
He was not a historian by profession.
Let us not get excited or give him more credence simply because he was/is of European origin
Ravi Chaudhary
DrRajpalSingh (November 10th, 2012)
DrRajpalSingh (November 11th, 2012)
We should also appreciate Danielou's intellectual ability.
He lived in and taught in India for a number of years. he took a deep interest in Hinduism, and Indian culture, nad brought out a number of books on Indian culture incuding music, religion and history.
He took a lot of interest in the preservation of Indian culture.
He also displays the ability and flexibilty,to cover a number of diverse subjects with intellectual rigour.
I was overly harsh on him
Ravi Chaudhary
Moar (November 12th, 2012)
Chaudhary Sahib,
If it is so we bow our heads to him for what he has done for our culture and heritage.
Since we do not know him and his work, if you are aware about his some specific contribution towards enrichment of Jat History, it would be our pleasure to know.
Thanks and regards
In fairness, Jat history is not a priority for people visiting or studying India
He did recognize the Guptas were Jats.
Coming from an unrelated field- Classical music, he had no axe to grind or undue bias one way or the other.
He also did not get influenced by the Music teachers and Professors of Banaras Hindu University. The latter would have pushed the standard dogma, ' Brahmin , Kshatriya' syndrome etc.
It appears he did his own research and made up his own mind.
To that extent he appears to be more reliable than the ' trained' historians' of the era.
Ravi Chaudhary