Colonial Indology and identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3585537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dilip K Chakrabarti (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 285 |
| Pages | 667-671 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x0006004x |
| OpenAlex | W2516780320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper argues that Indian identity, as built within the colonial Indological framework of race, language and culture and its Aryan-non-Aryan dichotomy, is unacceptable to modern India and Indians. It is unacceptable because of its emphasis on the notion of Aryan invasion and the subjugation of, and interaction with, the native population. This notion, the key element of ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology, keeps a vast segment of Indian population away from a sense of positive participation in the country's past. Further, the key ingredient of this notion is the Indian Vedic literature, which thus makes it primarily a textual notion, and as long as it persists, the Indian upper castes, who ipso facto are given a place in the Aryan ruling order, have no particular reason to seek a primarily archaeologybased past for themselves. However, before we examine these twin formulations in some detail, it might be useful to look at how the question of identity is emerging as a major phenomenon in India in current years
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Aryan race · Colonialism · Element (criminal law · Ethnology · Genealogy · Identity (music · Political science · Population · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Demography · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Ghosts of the past
The Relics of the Buddha and the Elixir of Immortality – Mythological Parallels
Social and Political Factors in Post-Colonial Indian Archaeology
The History of Archaeology as a 'Colonial Discourse
Archaeology and Coloniality in South Asia
Chai and Conversation
Orientalism, ideology and identity
Visions of discipline
The Intersections of Identity and Politics in Archaeology
Silencing the Past
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |