Mumbai, Oct. 19 -- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat today asserted that ancient Indians travelled across the world - from Mexico to Siberia - to disseminate scientific and cultural knowledge without engaging in conquest or religious conversion.
Addressing a gathering here during the launch of the Arya Yug Vishay Kosh encyclopedia, Bhagwat said India's ancestors shared wisdom with goodwill and unity rather than with motives of domination.
Drawing distinctions between historical invaders, Bhagwat remarked that while many plundered India's wealth and enslaved its people, the last colonisers caused deeper harm by "looting Indian minds."This psychological plunder, he observed, made Indians forget their inherent strengths a...