Theme of Immigration in the Works of Bharti Mukerjee

Pages:161-162
Devender Singh (CMJ University, Shillong, Meghalaya, Working as a Lecturer in Jat College Hisar)

India has had links with the West from the dawn of her history. As early as 1500 B.C. her first European invaders, the Aryans, came through the north-western passes and settle on the bank of the river Indus to build up a civilization, which in course of time came to dominate and assimilate all the separate culture of the sub-continent. It was inevitable that these early European would look back to their roots, and fact that they did not so almost uninterruptedly till the Middle Age has been established by historians and scholars of antiquity. Political, economical and intellectual connection between India and Europe are evident in several cultural parallels at certain points of history. During the middle Ages, there was little or no direct connection between India and west. It was once again established during the second European invasion of the east.