Impact of Vedic Culture on Society

by Kaushik Acharya | 2020 | 120,081 words

This page relates ‘Mingling of Cultures (P): 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.

Mingling of Cultures (P): The Sendrakas

King Allaśakti, the ruler of Sendraka dynasty having learned about the great reward/fruit obtainable from grants of land, granted the village Balis to Bappa-svāmin, a student of Vājasaneya-māddhyandina (hails from Vujaya Aniruddhapurī) to the due performance of the proper daily rituals, bali, caru, vaiśvadeva, Agnihotra. Kings of this dynasty generally followed Brahmanical traditions, although they were also tolerant of other religious faiths. Thus we may assume the influence of vedic culture on contemporary society at the time of Sendraka rule through the inscription Bagumra Plates of Allasakti (c. 656 CE)[1] .

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[1]:

Ibid., pp. 66-74.

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