Quotes: Vedic Engineering and Industry (Srila Prabhupada)

(vedic cities) 1976.4.txt So anyone's question about this, this misdirected civilization? In India there was no such misguided civilization. Now they have learned how to misdirect people, and they have taken this ideal, that "Unless we become like the Europeans and Americans, our progress is checked." This is going on. Actually there is no progress. We are condemned. Why they should waste so much energy for de-gress, not for progress. Before British period, India, there were cities, but not like this, because their energy was utilized. Cities were constructed especially in pilgrimage place, like Mathura. Mathura is very old city, but that is a pilgrimage. Dvaraka, that is also very old city. First of all there was no need of big, big cities because there was no industry. They did not know what is industry. And there were ample food -- food grains, milk, vegetables. Those who were eating meat, they were eating small, nonimportant animals like goats, hogs, and they never touched cows. Cows are very important animals. Even the stool, urine is important. They knew it. In the agricultural field the cows, passing stool, that is also benefit, natural fertilizing.