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Dear Members,

Democracy, altough nutured by the west, was not ignored by the east.
It was nurtured by the democratic culture of India as well. Here, i
provide links to two excellent articles which dwell on the same
issue.

The reason why I post to Sri Vaishnava groups is that it was in the
Uttiramerur kshEtram that we get proof of a constitutional democracy.

(http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/10/10/stories/2003101001421200.htm)

and

(http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/indiadem.htm)

Excerpts:

"The inscriptions on the walls of the Sundaravarada temple in
Uttiramerur, near Kanchipuram, show how democracy was practised 1,000
years ago"

and 

"The village is known for its historic inscription of a written
constitution that deals with elections to the village assembly,
qualifications required of candidates contesting in elections,
circumstances under which a candidate may be disqualified, mode of
election, tenure of the elected candidates and the right of the
public
to recall the elected members when they failed to discharge their
duties properly and so on. It is interesting how in every aspect of
life the highest standard of democracy was enforced in Uttiramerur"

It is unfortunate that we regressed over a period of 600 years due to
Islamic invasions from the west.

A recent study shows that we accounted for 25% of the worlds' GDP
around 1200 CE and declined rapidly due to stone age policies of the
Islamic dictators who suppressed India.

Regards,

Malolan

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