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- Saraswati is identified with Ghagghar Hakra and it was the most sacred river and known as Naditarna
- Valkhilya hymns can be found in RigVeda
- Divodasa was the father of Sudas
- Agastya aryanised South India
- Language of Upanishads was classical Sanskrit
- Samitis were most important during the selection of the King
- Gopatha Brahmana was attached to Atharva Veda
- Sautramani was the festival of Soma Drinking
- Aranyakas highlighted the mysticism prevailing during the Vedic age
- Atharva veda talks about Sati
- Indra, Agni,Varuna,Mitra and Nyasa were the Indo-Iranian gods
- Orgin of universe was in the 10th mandala of Rigveda
- Sulagava meant sacrifice
- Ratnavamsi ceremony was a part of Rajasuya yajna
- In maitryeani upanishad the doctrine of Trimurti discussed
- Dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama in Katha Upanishad
- Yajurveda was the manual of Adhvaryus who prepared fire altars and the ground of sacrifice
- Valkhilya hymns are in the 8th mandala of Rigveda
- Nirukta written by Yaksha is the oldest work on Rigveda
- Chandogya upanishad discusses three ashramas
- First literary evidence of Gotra is Atharvaveda
- Gayatri mantra in the 3rd mandala of Rigveda
- Purush Sukta and Nasadiya hymns are in the 10th mandala of RigVeda
- Sankhya was the oldest among the various philosophical schools
- Upanishads in prose form-shatpatha and chandogya
- Aghoris were the successor of the kapalikas.They had two branches -Shuddha and malina
- Namma and Tirumalisay wre the most popular Alvar saint
- Kulashekhara was an Alvar saint
- Pashupata cult was most popular in Kashmir, Gujarat and Nepal
- Of all the Brahmanical offshoots, Shaivism was the earliest
- Agamanta, Aghori, kapalika,Verrasaiva, Suddha, Pashupat,Lingayat were all shaivite offshoots
- Satvata vidhi and pancharatra agama were cults of Bhagvatism
- Manu talked about 6 kinds of slaves
- The Mora inscription talks about Panchaveera.They were Samkarshana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Samba and Vasudeva
- Earliest refrence to Vyuha doctrine was Brahma sutra
- Shandilya propounded Pancharatra cult
- The text of the nyanaras was known as Tevaram whereas the text of the Alvaras was known as Prabhandha
- Thirunabhukkarasu was also known as Appar
- Gautamiputra satakarni was known as Ekabrahmana
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Very enlightening!