HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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the Bhagavad Gita
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the Eightfold Path
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the Four Noble Truths
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the dharma
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the aid of hundreds of supporting characters and intriguing sub-plots, the story imparts many teachings about the nature of dharma. Embedded in book 6 of the Mahābhārata is perhaps the most famous devotional sacred text of Hinduism, the 700 verse Bhagavad Gītā, or ‘Song of (Krishna as) God’.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vedas. The Vedas are India’s earliest surviving texts, dating from approximately 2000 to 1500 B.C.E. These texts are made up of hymns and ritual treatises that are instructional in nature, along with other sections that are more speculative and metaphysical.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Hindu sacred texts are divided into Shruti (“What Is Heard”) and Smriti (“What Is Remembered”). The Sruti-which includes the Vedas and Upanishads-are considered to be divinely inspired while the Smriti-which includes the Mahabharata (including the Bhagavad Gita) and Ramayana-are derived from great sages.
Detailed explanation-4: -Buddhists have a sacred text called the tripitaka. The Hindus have texts named the Vedas and the Upanishads. The Vedas are the oldest sacred books of Hinduism. There are four Vedas ranging from oldest to the newest.