SRI AUROBINDO

VOLUME TWENTY

The Renaissance in India
with a Defence
of Indian Culture

Essays on the value of Indian
civilisation and culture.

This volume consists of three series of essays
and one single essay:
I - “The Renaissance in India”;
II - “Indian Culture and External Influence”;
III - “Is India Civilised?”
IV - “Defence of Indian Culture”.
They were first published in the
monthly review Arya
between 1918 and 1921.
In 1953 they first appeared in a book
under the title
The Foundations of Indian Culture.