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This book is interdisciplinary trying to combine ancient history and
modern business ethics. Civilization begins, not with the invention of
agriculture, but with the articulation almost 70,000 years ago, according
to Puranas, the set of books of history from the beginning of the world,
in Sanskrit, with a valid ethical code. Those societies, which lived in closest
harmony with the evolutionary ethics, would be the most inventive and
dynamic. This would enable them to group together into the largest
societies, which were the foundations for civilization.
No civilization is possible without an ethical code. A civilized people
may be defined as a group of persons tied together by a common ethical
code who systematically control their collective ability and behavior. The
essential difference between civilized and uncivilized people is that among
the latter there is no systematic effort by its members to create anything
for the benefit of them as a whole. It is this idea of plan and care for the
future that separates the civilized people from the uncivilized. The idea
for the future has close links with the ethical concerns.
Early Aryan religious customs spread along the Eurasian planes. From
India, it went to the land of the Assyrians or Asurs, Hittites, Mitranis,
along with the common religion to worship Mitra or the Sun. Subse-
quently, it was carried forward to Russia via Armenia and Georgia. One
group went toward Bulgaria and Greece. Another group stayed in Asia
Minor. Other groups went toward Japan and became Ainu, the ancient
people of Japan. |