From their original home in Central Asia, the Aryans moved towards South-west in around 2000 BC and settled mainly in two areas in modern Afghanistan. First was the...
The term Aryan denotes a linguistic group and not a race. Their language Vedic Sanskrit has definite relationship with major languages of Europe and Asia. Scholars call this...
What is the rationale for describing the Harappan Civilisation as the Saraswati Civilisation? To what extent is it a credible rationale? Some Indian historians make a claim essentially...
Both Indus Valley and Mesopotamia are oldest civilizations of the world. Both traded with each other. The key comparisons of Indus Valley and Mesopotamian civilization are as follows:...
The Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization or Harappan Civilization was the culmination of a long and sustained cultural evolution in the Indus Valley and surrounding areas. The term...
The Chalcolithic period, also known as the Copper Age or Eneolithic period, was a transitional era between the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Chalcolithic age generally dates earlier, typically...
Gupta Period is called Golden or Classical age of India partially due to the unprecedented activities and development in the arts, architecture, sculpture, painting and literature. The rock...
The nāstika (heterodox) schools don’t draw upon the Vedas as the sole primary authoritative text, but may emphasize other traditions of thought. The main nāstika schools are Cārvāka...
Vedangas are six auxiliary disciplines associated with the study and understanding of the Vedas. They are as follows: Shiksha (Phonetics) Its aim is the teaching of the correct pronunciation of...
The Vedas are said to have been passed on from one generation to the next through verbal transmission and are, therefore, also known as Shruti (to hear) or...
