The History Podcast reaches the Vedic age. Our speakers talk about its origins, its literature, its culture, and the legacy of the Vedic Age. Varna system makes an appearance as does Pythagoras Theorem. Amongother things, our speakers talk of Vedic recitation techniques and different layers of Vedic literature. Maneesh Taneja in conversation with Shrikanth Krishnamachry and Gaurav Lele. @maneesht @shrikanth_krish @gaurav_lele
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Links to the previous podcasts:Ā Episode 1;Ā Episode 2; Episode 3
References:
History of Ancient India – Upinder Singh
R Sharma Ancient India
Romila Thapar – Early India
Live History India – LHI Circle (Paywalled)
Frits Staal -;
1. Discovering the Vedas :
2. On the meaninglessness of ritual
Michael Witzel –
On Kuru state and Early SanskritizationĀ
On Vedic religion
On the localization of Vedic texts :
Manasataramgini :
Numeric analysis of certain aspects of Rig Veda
On the Vedanta – Nastika interface (relevant to the discussion we had on vegetarianism)
On guide to Vaidika svaras
On the rise of sectarianism in a Vedic context
On Mandalas of RV and authorship
On Spitzer Manuscript
Vedic Source texts: https://vedicheritage.gov.in/
On Traditional vaidIka education :
Interview with Mani Dravida Sastrigal (in Sanskrit)
Lectures in Hindi by Mani Dravida Sastrigal
Lectures in Tamil by Mani Dravida Sastrigal
List of Veda Pathashalas: https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_veda/vedapathashala.html
GhanapAtha recitation illustration
FE Pargiter on the Puranic historical tradition