Impact of Vedic Culture on Society
by Kaushik Acharya | 2020 | 120,081 words
This page relates ‘Prospects of Future Research’ 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.
Prospects of Future Research
1. Many Sanskrit inscriptions have been studied in this thesis and there are a vast collection of inscriptions of this period in other languages. Records written in other languages are yet to be studied critically.
2. The study of Sanskrit inscriptions found in southern India along with the non-Sanskrit inscriptions has a great scope in this perspective. Although dynastically and sporadically were studied; a combined study with reference to other languages and sources is awaited.
3. There is a great scope for a comparative study with the inscriptions containing non-vedic references and the iconography of deities.
4. In addition, a study of literary and linguistic aspects of Sanskrit inscriptions with the Prakrit or regional languages/ vernaculars will be a voluminous work.