They have only given a grand exposition to an already existing Indian Philosophy

I advanced my arguments on the basis of my study of Indian Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy of Banaras Hindu University. I had to remind the audience that history of Indian Philosophy accepts the starting points of philosophy from the Rigveda and feels that it stopped somewhere with the commentaries of Ramanuja, Madhava, Vallabhacharya and Nimbark, in the 13th and 14th centuries. From there we jump direct to the twentieth century wherein we are told that Tagore, Aurobindo, Prof. K. C. Bhattacharya, Dr. Radhakrishnan, and Mahatma Gandhi, et al. have been great philosophers, though this may be said about them that instead of giving any new philosophy, they have only given a grand exposition to an already existing Indian Philosophy.

Would somebody tell me as to why in the history of Indian Philosphies a place, even equal to a footnote, has not been provided to Sikh philosophy which was created by the Gurus after accomplishing a successful experiment upon Indian masses from 1469 (the year of Guru Nanak's Birth) to 1708 (the year of the demise of Guru Gobind Singh)? What type of brotherhood or unity is it? Dr. Jodh Singh, Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Religious Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala.posted by Trilochan Kaur @ 2:45 AM