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1500-800 BCE [1] Shakhas. Vedic school. Each school taught a Veda in a specific way, over time evolving specific styles and emphasis, based on how / by whom / where it was taught. Brahmanas. Commentary and elaboration on vedas and description of religious procedures. 900-500 BCE [2] Upanishads.
Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism. Some of the major Hindu texts include the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Itihasa. Scholars hesitate in defining the term "Hindu scriptures" given the diverse nature of Hinduism, [1] [2] but ...
Beyond the Sruti, Hindu texts include Smritis, Shastras, Sutras, Tantras, Puranas, Itihasas, Stotras, Subhashitas and others. [8] [9] Most of these texts exist in Sanskrit, [10] [11] several others have been composed in Old Tamil, and also later in other Indic languages. In modern times, most have been translated into other Indian languages and ...
Etymology. The title of the text is composed of two words, "Nāṭya" and "Shāstra". The root of the Sanskrit word Nāṭya is Nata (नट) which means "act, represent". The word Shāstra (शास्त्र) means "precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise", and is generally used as a suffix in the Indian literature context, for knowledge in a defined area of practice.
Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts. Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period.
Beohar Rammanohar Sinha was the artist for the original manuscript calligraphed by Prem Behari Narain Raizada. The Preamble to the Constitution of India presents the principles of the Constitution and indicates the sources of its authority. [1] The preamble is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by ...
21 October 1943. • Disestablished. 18 August 1945. Preceded by. Succeeded by. British India. British India. The Provisional Government of Free India or, more simply, Azad Hind, [3] [4] was a short-lived Japanese-supported provisional government in India. [5] It was established in Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II in October 1943 ...
Early Indian epigraphy. One of the Edicts of Ashoka in the Brahmi script, in Lauriya Araraj, Bihar, 3rd Century BC. The first stone inscription excavated at Bhattiprolu, Andhra Pradesh believed to be from 3rd century BCE. [1] Tamil inscription from Mangulam, dated to 3rd century BCE by Iravatham Mahadevan [2] [3] 1st Century BCE.