Perennial Values of Indian Culture

Abstract

Culture is the essential and integral cornerstone of a nation. Culture is the base and civilization is the super structure - Culture is like the subconscious and civilization is like the conscious state of mind. Culture is the basic guiding spirit of the civilization. Thus the civilization and culture are the hallmarks of the collective life of man. Culture is the inner stratum and civilization is the outer stratum - civilization embraces the moral and ethical activity of refined human thought and mind, including arts and learning.