The Magadha Empire was located in the eastern part of India, arising in the kingdom of Magadha around 600 BC. At its greatest extent, it encompassed most of...
The late Vedic era ends where epic era starts. Most of the historical information about that period we get from Puranas, epics such as Mahabharta and Ramayana. However,...
Around sixth century BC, the territories of sixteen Mahajanapadas got clearly marked. These included Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji or Vriji, Malla, Chedi or Cheti, Vamsa or Vatsa,...
In Hinduism the term upaveda or Upved refers to traditional sciences / technical literature which have no connection whatever with the Sruti or revealed Veda. The four upavedas...
They are late descriptions of ancient legends and consist of history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of...
Epics (Kavya in Hindi) refer to long narrative poems. In India, there are two main epics viz. Ramayana and Mahabharata. Ramayan It was written by Maharishi Valmiki and...
Hindu philosophy is traditionally divided into six āstika (orthodox) schools of thought, or darśanam, which accept the Vedas as supreme revealed scriptures. The āstika schools are: Samkhya, an...
The basic material or mantra text of each of the Vedas is called “Samhita”. Some post Vedic texts are also known as “Samhitas” such as Ashtavakra Gita, Bhrigu...
The word Upanishad means to sit down near someone and denotes a student sitting near his guru to learn. Eventually the word began to be used for the...
