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Detailed explanation-1: -Charvaka holds direct perception, empiricism, and conditional inference as proper sources of knowledge, embraces philosophical skepticism and rejects ritualism and supernaturalism. It was a popular belief system in ancient India.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Charvaka, body with consciousness is the soul. Behind and beyond the material body there is no soul. world comes into existence by the spontaneous combination of material elements . The Charvaka, therefore prefer atheism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metaphysics is the theory of reality. The Charvaka theory of reality follows from the epistemological conclusion just discussed. If perception is the only reliable source of knowledge, we can rationally assert only the reality of perceptible objects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charvaka School Direct perception, empiricism, and conditional inference are appropriate forms of knowledge by Charvaka, who also accepts philosophical scepticism and condemns ritualism and supernaturalism.