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In this lecture of the Colonial Chronicles series, Dr. Rasheed Arshad presents a critical and corrective account of India before colonial rule, directly challenging the colonial narrative that depicts the subcontinent as intellectually, morally, and civilizationally deficient prior to British domination.

Drawing on the lecture notes, this session explores pre-colonial India as a complex civilizational formation, marked by plurality, internal coherence, and functioning social institutions.

Key themes discussed include:

🔹 India as a civilizational space rather than a modern nation-state
🔹 Unity in diversity as a lived social reality, not a colonial invention
🔹 Indigenous systems of governance and social organization
🔹 Moral, intellectual, and administrative life before colonial intervention
🔹 Internal causes of decline: ethical decay, loss of discipline, and institutional weakening
🔹 مولانا عبید اللہ سندھی کا تصورِ ہندوستان — اقوام کا گلدستہ
🔹 Distinction between internal degeneration and colonial conquest
🔹 How colonial historiography selectively erased indigenous strengths
🔹 Why colonial domination cannot be justified through the myth of native backwardness

📌 This lecture helps recover historical self-understanding by situating India’s past beyond colonial misrepresentation and intellectual inferiority.


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