UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2017 · Q1(d) · 10 marks
“The Arya Samaj may quite logically be pronounced as the outcome of conditions imported onto from the West.” Critically examine
- Chapter
- Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas
- Topic
- Dayananda and the Arya Samaj
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