Non-violent Prosperity of Indigenous Nations of the World: In the Historical Perspective

Economic prosperity in various indigenous societies of the world before the modern European industrial development was no less. Far more prosperity has been around for centuries in many nations and societies (than the unprecedented economic prosperity that is being attributed only to Europe) even before the 18th century in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Congo, Male, Sudan, Nubia, India, China, Tibet, Japan, Mongolia, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Iran (Persia), Iraq, Turkey, Ottoman, Thailand, Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Champa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Korea, Vietnam, etc. 

Many of these countries have been much more advanced in technology than 19th century Europe — millennia ago. The facts about China are well known. Europeans learned many types of scientific techniques from China like gunpowder, printing, paper making method, map making, watch making, meteorology and irrigation system, seismology, anatomy etc. England learned the technology of steel making, smallpox vaccine, silver foil making methods etc. from India. The excellence of Maya, Aztec, Inca, Egypt, Sumer and Babylonia civilizations in astronomical calculations and architecture is world famous. Ghana had no match in gold reserves and prosperity. The richness of the Saraswat civilization of Harappa is well-known by now. 

Thus these diverse countries have been more or at least equally prosperous for centuries without any extra conceit and without adopting any craze for luxury as many countries of Europe and now the United States of America have been in the past 300 years. These countries did not show enmity towards nature. They did not barbarously exploit natural resources and produce consumer goods for monstrous consumption, in the name of technology.

The reason for this is not that the peaceful and non-violent societies did not have knowledge of technology. Or they did not have that skill and aptitude or did not have scientific vision and intellect. Rather they had a rich understanding of the rhythms of the universe, of truth and ever-changing reality (ऋत), of the universal-individual, the cycle of creation and the cycle of time. They were so assured by their traditional knowledge. In their vision, adopting the madness of looting all the resources in a short time, in the name of development, would be suicidal. They considered it a terrible injustice to our future generations and would be a sin from this point of view. This is the reason why these prosperous societies and nations, despite their advanced technology, restrained their consumption and their production. Whatever information remains today about the prosperity and lifestyle of these societies, it is proven that the prosperity in these societies was mainly associated with a non-violent lifestyle. The traditions of frugality in consumption and fulfillment of essential needs from the point of view of social harmony, have always kept these societies balanced and restrained. 

• Translated from ‘Prosperity can also be Non-Violent’ by Prof. Kusumlata Kedia and Prof Rameshwar Mishra ‘Pankaj’ Pg. 183-184

In the name of modern development, this book presents in detail the facts of destruction of many civilizations of the world by Europe and destruction of its environment and nature’s surroundings on the basis of European evidence and its philosophers, historians and sociologists in this matter. Keeping in front the views and facts propounded by

Presents the Indian non-violent vision as well as the new vision of life that has emerged through European and American scientists, especially New Science, in which the Gaya principle, considering the entire universe as a conscious biological entity and on the basis of which the principles of innovation of comprehensive universal values. has been brought to the fore, quoting them from the books of the scientists themselves and then presenting the fact of both philosophy and history of India, proves that although the history of more than 1000 years tells that only violent destruction and Prosperity has come to them only through loot and those societies have achieved prosperity only through loot of other societies but there is also a non-violent way of prosperity which is propounded in detail in Indian philosophy and Indian polity and Indian sociology and theology and By following them, it is possible to achieve prosperity in a non-violent way. Publisher of this book Samagra Prakashan, Mumbai.