Kul-Religion Along with varna dharma and ashrama dharma, man had to follow his clan-dharma. Under this, family and hereditary rules and ethics had to be followed. The behavior and duty of the person towards the family members were the main part of Kuldharma. Father-Dharma, Mother-Dharma, Husband-Dh
Veda is the root of all religions and the memory and modesty of those who know the Vedas are also the root of religion. Virtue of good men is also the root of religion and contentment of the soul is also the root of religion. – Manusmriti. Every human aspires to get various types of happiness, go
The action which is done to inculcate the qualities in a person is called Sanskar. -Brahmasutra Commentary Sanskar in Indian society The word has great importance, but this word is not mentioned even once in the Vedas. This system probably came into existence in the Upanishad period. Sanskar Orig
Status of women in Rigvedic-era families Despite the patriarchal family system in Aryan life, women enjoyed respect and prestige in the home, family and society. She was worthy of reverence like the gods. Many such evidences are found in the Rigveda from which it is known that in intellectual, spir
Joint Family System The joint family system is the biggest feature of the Indian way of life. Large families are mentioned in the Grihyasutras. Families used to be large even in the Buddhist era. There have been mentions of such families in many Jatakas which used to run with the help and support o
Major Duties of Indian Family In every culture of the world, the main duties of the family include the upbringing of children, the service of the elderly, the care of the sick and the protection and support of each member, but the Indian family also performs some specific tasks. Getting rid of the
O family bride, you stay here in this house, do not be separated, enjoy the whole life in your house while playing and rejoicing with sons and grandsons. -Rigveda. The history of Indian social organization is more than five thousand years old. When most of the countries of the world were in the h
Qualities of Caste System There were many merits and demerits in the Indian caste system. The following properties of caste-system can be mentioned- (1.) Sense of coexistence: The caste-system taught the Indian subjects to live with the spirit of co-existence. Each caste was skilled in doing only
It is very funny that when the Muslims were demolishing the temples of North India, at the same time in the relatively safe south, the devotees prayed for the Lords refuge. If the stream of devotion was to rise due to the atrocities of the Muslims, it should have first appeared in Sindh, then in Nor
Having worked with a bag made of rags lying on the way, have adopted a special way of life beyond virtue, have learned that neither I am nor you, nor this world is there, then what should be mourned? . -Adi Jagatguru Shankaracharya. The Vedas were composed around BC. 1000 was completed. Brahmanical
Contribution to English Education New ideas emerged in the minds of Indian people due to English education and due to the lifestyle of English women. Educated Indians opposed the purdah system considering it to be meaningless. It was the result of the efforts of English-educated people that thousan
Status of women in modern times Modern period in Indian history refers to the end of the Mughal rule and the beginning of the rule of the East India Company to the present time. The British established two types of government systems in the country by defeating the native rulers. In the first syst
Status of Women in the Middle Ages The invasions of Islam on India had started from AD 712 but till AD 1192 the Islamic invaders were able to establish their rule over Sindh and parts of Punjab only. After the defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan (III) in AD 1192, Islamic rule was established over a large
Sutra and position of women in memory period During the composition of the Grihyasutras (BC 600-BC 400) and Smritis (BC 200-300 BC), women were considered to be in the shelter of some man or the other. It was made mandatory for the daughter to live under the protection of the father, the wife under
The true status of a nation can be estimated from the condition of women in that nation. – French scholar Charles Fourier. The ancient Aryans had established the patriarchal family system in which proper respect and prestige were arranged for women. Women had a special role in both the family and s
Vanprastha Ashram At the age of about fifty, when a man had completed his household duties and responsibilities, he had to renounce worldly attachments and enter the Vanaprastha Ashram. The Aranyaka texts were composed by these Vanprasthi ascetics, who used to live in the Aranyas (forests). Vanapra
Grihastha Ashram Grihastha ashram was the most important stage of human life. Some theologians have discussed the Grihastha Ashram first in the description of the ashrams to explain the importance of this ashram. According to Manu- Just as all the rivers and streams get absorbed in the ocean, in th
Dharma and Duties of Ashram System The Vedic sages had arranged four ashrams - Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanprastha and Sanyas Ashram to organize human life according to karma. According to Yajnavalkya, the four ashrams were very necessary for the brahmins and the brahmin who followed these four ash
The influence of Indian artistic culture can be clearly traced not only in Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) art, but also in the Gothic-style churches of the Middle Ages. - E. B. Havel. Vastu Etymology of the word Sanskrit language Vas It is derived from the root meaning settling it happens. Buildi
The best Indian sculptures touch a deeper tone of feeling and sublime emotions than the best Greek sculptures. - E. B. Havel. Sandhav-Idols Since the time of Indus civilization, clay idols, bangles, utensils, toys and seals baked in fire are found in large numbers. Seals with markings of lingas,
In August 1897, Adrien de Gerlache and Roald Amundsen, aboard the Belgica ship, set off for the end of the Earth - the ice-covered continent of Antarctica. Belgica left the port of Ostend on August 23, 1897, after sunset. This time we are on our way, wrote the commander to Léonie Osterrieth. - I p
With each subsequent day of the Warsaw Uprising, it was harder and harder to find food in the capital, and hunger was staring into the eyes of many people. Those who wanted to survive had to overcome their resistance and eat even recent pets. The commander of the Home Army himself was also convinced
Face of Tutankhamun Thanks to the new and sophisticated equipment that historical investigations can use today, the characters of the past, even those furthest away from us, have (almost) no more secrets. A fairly recent careful analysis, for example, revealed that the pharaoh Tutankhamun, die
Trials in which clerics are judged have always attracted a lot of attention. On the one hand, they are not frequent, on the other - the position of the accused is always a guarantor of publicity. It was the same with Hans B. Schmidt, whose outrageous crimes shook the United States and echoed in Germ