Impact of Vedic Culture on Society
by Kaushik Acharya | 2020 | 120,081 words
This page relates ‘Sanskrit Inscriptions (H): The Sendrakas’ of the study on the Impact of Vedic Culture on Society as Reflected in Select Sanskrit Inscriptions found in Northern India (4th Century CE to 12th Century CE). These pages discuss the ancient Indian tradition of Dana (making gifts, donation). They further study the migration, rituals and religious activities of Brahmanas and reveal how kings of northern India granted lands for the purpose of austerities and Vedic education.
Sanskrit Inscriptions (H): The Sendrakas
[Study of Sanskrit Inscriptions Issued During Early and Early Medieval Period (H): The Sendrakas]
King Allaśakti, a ruler of Sendraka dynasty having learned about the great reward/fruit obtainable from grants of land, thus granted[1] the village Balisa included in the Viṣaya included in the Treyaṇṇ-āhára to Bappa-svāmin, a student of Vājasaneyamādhyandina branch who hails from Vujaya Aniruddhapurī to the due performance of the proper daily rituals, bali, caru, vaiśvadeva, Agnihotra. Thus we may assume the impact of vedic culture on contemporary society at the time of Sendraka rule through the inscription Bagumra Plates of Allasakti (c. 656 CE).[2] Treyaṇṇa has been identified with the modern village Tenand Balisa also has been located with modern Wanesa about two miles south-west of Tenin Surat District of Gujarat. However,Aniruddhapurī has not been identified yet.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Along with the usual guarantee and further right to collect and enjoy undraṅga and uparikara and barring the entry (thereto) of the Cāṭas and Bhaṭas, in accordance with bhūmi-cchidra-nyāya and with a view to secure increase of fame and religious merit of his parents and self.
[2]:
USVAE, vol. IV, part II, pp. 66-74.