The World Rests on the Back of a Tortoise
Science and mythology in Indian history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3645980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Parijat Chakrabarti (0000-0003-3550-3161), Pratik Chakrabarti, Joydeep Sen |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 808-840 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x15000207 |
| OpenAlex | W2238082704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article traces the consilience of science and mythology in the history of fossil research in India: this is a narrative in which Indian fossil research met the Orientalist discovery of the Indian past. It demonstrates that in exploring the geological evolution of Indian fossils, British researchers such as Hugh Falconer invoked animals from thePuranas, picking up on a tradition of mythological hermeneutics first developed in India by the likes of William Jones. In exploring the nuances of this intellectual approach, the article thus identifies a hitherto obscured historical trajectory regarding the making of geology in colonial India
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Consilience · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · History of science · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Orientalism · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · History · History of Science and Medicine · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |