Muslim invaders debased hindustani music and kathak to satisfy their ego, glory and entertainment. Otherwise indian arts are dedicated in praise of god
Don’t distort history. The Akbar was a rapist and his sole motive was enjoy women. Golden era of Indian classics ended with fall of Indian rajas. Our temples carried the tradition of dance, drama, architect, fine arts to their highest form. It’s decline started with Muslim rulers specially Mughals.
What Golden era? Leaving socially respected status of temple dancers and becoming part of concubinage is golden era? Please read the history to understand status of temple dancers of various dance status prior to islamic invasions and destruction of temples & related various parts of ecosystems. Please read how indepensent temple artists were forced to live a life for entertaining mughals & their darbars. And if patronage in the form of concubinage to few dancers is golden era then what one should call the era when Natyashastras were actually developed & nurtured?
What Golden era? Please read history to understand the freedom & the social respect the temple dancers enjoyed before islamic invasions. Post destruction of temples, arts and in Mughal era they formed concubinage of mughal emperors & nobles. You call this golden era? What you would call to the era when actually these art forms were conceived, nurtured & developed and when Natyashastras were written?
Please also read Akbarnama. Akbar was a blatant sex fiend and addict from his teens. He regularly used to send his favored on Ghazi missions to loot and convert people in outlying villages. He had one of the biggest brothels in history. He had young pre puberty boys and girls for his pleasure. Mughals if at all only made the ethnic dance forms more decadent and reliant on its courts largesse as they destroyed the very fabric of Hindu tradition which celebrated dance and many other art forms as part of its socio cultural system.
Great article. Emperor Akbar was what one would describe as a ‘boundary-less’ leader in management jargon. He was a true immigrant who gave his soul to his adopted country. Unfortunately, his liberalism was replaced by extreme right-wing, islamist ideology followed by his great-grandson. Akbar’s positive legacy is as much worthy of discussion as that of the Mauryan Kings, notably The Great Emperor Ashoka.
Muslim invaders debased hindustani music and kathak to satisfy their ego, glory and entertainment. Otherwise indian arts are dedicated in praise of god
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Don’t distort history. The Akbar was a rapist and his sole motive was enjoy women. Golden era of Indian classics ended with fall of Indian rajas. Our temples carried the tradition of dance, drama, architect, fine arts to their highest form. It’s decline started with Muslim rulers specially Mughals.
What Golden era? Leaving socially respected status of temple dancers and becoming part of concubinage is golden era? Please read the history to understand status of temple dancers of various dance status prior to islamic invasions and destruction of temples & related various parts of ecosystems. Please read how indepensent temple artists were forced to live a life for entertaining mughals & their darbars. And if patronage in the form of concubinage to few dancers is golden era then what one should call the era when Natyashastras were actually developed & nurtured?
What Golden era? Please read history to understand the freedom & the social respect the temple dancers enjoyed before islamic invasions. Post destruction of temples, arts and in Mughal era they formed concubinage of mughal emperors & nobles. You call this golden era? What you would call to the era when actually these art forms were conceived, nurtured & developed and when Natyashastras were written?
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Please also read Akbarnama. Akbar was a blatant sex fiend and addict from his teens. He regularly used to send his favored on Ghazi missions to loot and convert people in outlying villages. He had one of the biggest brothels in history. He had young pre puberty boys and girls for his pleasure. Mughals if at all only made the ethnic dance forms more decadent and reliant on its courts largesse as they destroyed the very fabric of Hindu tradition which celebrated dance and many other art forms as part of its socio cultural system.
Great article. Emperor Akbar was what one would describe as a ‘boundary-less’ leader in management jargon. He was a true immigrant who gave his soul to his adopted country. Unfortunately, his liberalism was replaced by extreme right-wing, islamist ideology followed by his great-grandson. Akbar’s positive legacy is as much worthy of discussion as that of the Mauryan Kings, notably The Great Emperor Ashoka.