Vedic Age and Brahmanical religion

• 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 highligjhted 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 andNasadiya 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