Synopsis The basis of Indian society was a sort of realistic idealism. The practice of life was made the agree with its philosophy, there was no partition wall in the Indian mind between the secular and the spiritual, which were peculiarly blended into a harmonious whole. In his relation to the east of society, the individual, according to the Indian scheme, lays stress upon his duties-his dharma by which he is to secure his own advancement, and thus may be distinguished from the European, who emphasized his rights. The most salient feature of Indian social tradition is its long and unbroken continuity. India has received peoples from outside for thousands of years, but this age long contact of varies cultures has never resulted in a conflict so severe that one culture attained survival by the complete annihilation of the others.