Day: August 9, 2020

Chola: local Government Local self-government under the Cholas The system of village autonomy with assemblies (Sabhas, Urs and Nagaram) and their committees (Variyams) developed through the ages and reached its culmination during the Chola rule. selfstudyhistory.com Two inscriptions belonging to the period of Parantaka I found at Uttaramerur provide details of the formation and functions […]

Major philosophical thinkers and schools: Shaktism Root of Shaktism (a Hindu denomination that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi): From the Devi’s earliest known appearance in Indian Paleolithic settlements more than 20,000 years ago, through the refinement of her cult in the Indus Valley Civilization, her partial eclipse during the Vedic period, and her subsequent resurfacing and expansion in Sanskrit […]

  Major philosophical thinkers and schools: Tantricism The religious practices which originated in the most primitive fertility rites of the non-Aryan tribal circles later came to be known as Tantrism. The early history of Tantrism are difficult to reconstruct. It is also difficult to identify a core of Tantric ideas and practices, because of their […]