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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:23:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: <* RIVER AND CIVILIZATION- SECTION *> by P. R. Sarkar
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<* RIVER AND CIVILIZATION- SECTION *> by P. R. Sarkar [Book:PROUT in a
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River and civilization – section A by P. R. Sarkar
Human life is the most developed and final stage of animal life. The
speciality of human life is that it has dharma. In animal life there
is no dharma.
Civilization is a collection of usages, manners, etiquette,
formalities, ideologies and love. The culture of the entire humanity
is the same, butcivilization varies from society to society.
Human civilization is created in, and moves along, river valleys. Like
a river, human civilization also has three stages – hillstage, plain
stage and delta stage. From the hill stage, it moves to the plain
stage and from the plain stage to the delta stage. A civilization
starts in the hill stage, develops in the plain stage, and matures in
the delta stage.
Why are civilizations created in, and why do they move along, river-
valleys? In ancient times, up until the Stone Age, humans could not
dig wells and depended uponnatural sources of water. As such, human
habitationstarted from springs, fountains, waterfalls, rivers, etc.
Animals also select such places for habitation; only birds do not
follow this rule. Thus, human habitation started near valleys,
fountains, waterfalls, springs, and particularly near rivers. Due to
the assemblage of humans in the river-valleys, the first stage of
civilization started there.
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