Abraham Lewik’s Reviews > The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims > Status Update
Abraham Lewik
is on page 263 of 578
And I quote, "In fact many of the works of this part is the canon are of later composition, and the details of the account of the council are suspect, but the record shows that by this time widespread differences had developed when the order."
So the content is falsely dated and the details too. Yet it's evidence for an early schism despite being produced later. It's proof? Melts my brain.
— Jul 28, 2025 02:59PM
So the content is falsely dated and the details too. Yet it's evidence for an early schism despite being produced later. It's proof? Melts my brain.
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Abraham Lewik
is on page 483 of 578
Oh I wish for His Noodly Appendage to smear awareness upon the author and all readers of this text. Seriously, who believes this quote?
"- in fact the Englishman in India unconsciously tended to adopt the ideas of social stratification of the Indians whom he ruled,..."
Even the racism, religious bigotry, elitism of the British Empire was actually invented in India.
— Aug 22, 2025 05:08AM
"- in fact the Englishman in India unconsciously tended to adopt the ideas of social stratification of the Indians whom he ruled,..."
Even the racism, religious bigotry, elitism of the British Empire was actually invented in India.
Abraham Lewik
is on page 424 of 578
To the challenge on the footnote, my response is "No".
— Aug 21, 2025 03:42AM
Abraham Lewik
is on page 407 of 578
It's hard to get through this without my pedant's radar pinging.
The author writes that a story is as old as the oldest part. This take on the ship of Theseus is incorrect. I refer to the Mitchell & Webb Look episode 4.
Things change all the time. The author gives story and includes lyrics from an older song so visually appears on the page as reframed.
— Aug 19, 2025 02:49PM
The author writes that a story is as old as the oldest part. This take on the ship of Theseus is incorrect. I refer to the Mitchell & Webb Look episode 4.
Things change all the time. The author gives story and includes lyrics from an older song so visually appears on the page as reframed.
Abraham Lewik
is on page 400 of 578
More bullshit that all Southeast Asian scripts are derived from Sanskrit. Also phrased to ignore the evolution of writing through Dravidian Tamil before influencing much of Southeast Asia. It wouldn't have been hard to learn a smidgeon about Vietnamese.
— Aug 18, 2025 01:24AM
Abraham Lewik
is on page 398 of 578
"... the most scientific script in the world."
Hahahahaha
— Aug 17, 2025 03:21PM
Hahahahaha
Abraham Lewik
is on page 395 of 578
The author wastes paper speculating on a ridiculous linguistic theory. Dravidian languages "suffixes ... piled up one upon another", but Sanskrit had "great compound words". The analogy and the tense show elitism.
— Aug 17, 2025 03:19PM
Abraham Lewik
is on page 394 of 578
One language is a degenerate of another. The "degenerate" language became a major Asian language.
— Aug 16, 2025 10:44PM
Abraham Lewik
is on page 393 of 578
To paraphrase;
And the Buddhists look back to Vedic rather than Sanskrit.
Extremely dubious they themselves phrase it that way.
— Aug 16, 2025 10:36PM
And the Buddhists look back to Vedic rather than Sanskrit.
Extremely dubious they themselves phrase it that way.
Abraham Lewik
is on page 348 of 578
Previous chapter on religion had one paragraph about Islam in India. Not even a subheading. Nothing I could find in the foreword or wherever about choosing to skip Islam.
— Aug 13, 2025 01:45PM
Abraham Lewik
is on page 348 of 578
Silly hypocrisy which doesn't need to here. "One student at least disagrees (with the hypothesis that Indian art has religious messages)...".
Then of course a religious message is delivered using Indian art of that period. Why the cringe away from the culture he immediately asserts?
— Aug 13, 2025 01:43PM
Then of course a religious message is delivered using Indian art of that period. Why the cringe away from the culture he immediately asserts?
