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Why Hindu Civilisation Declined: Shocking Truths Revealed | Shashi Ranjan Kumar

Ancient India thrived on vaad-vivaad debates and built a nine-storey Nalanda library, but invasions, lack of hard power and internal conflicts predictably led to Hindu civilization’s decline, says bureaucrat and author Shashi Ranjan Kumar on The Statesman Talk podcast.

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Ancient India thrived on vaad-vivaad debates and built a nine-storey Nalanda library, but invasions, lack of hard power and internal conflicts predictably led to Hindu civilization’s decline, says bureaucrat and author Shashi Ranjan Kumar on The Statesman Talk podcast.