ARYANS AND DRAVIDIANS -

ARYANS , ACCORDING TO THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED VIEW , CAME FROM AUSTRIA - HUNGURY , FIRST SETTELED IN THE VALLEY OF KABUL RIVER AND
THE PUNJAB . THEY IMPOSED THEIR CULTURE AND CIVILISATION ON THE PEOPLE . ANOTHER CULTURE WHICH IS CONSIDER TO BE OLDER THAN  ARYANS  WAS DRAVIDANS . PEOPLE OF SOUTH WHO SPEAKS TAMIL , TELGU AND KANNADA WERE CALLED DRAVIDIANS.

RELIGIOUS BOOKS OF HINDUS-

THE VEDAS:

THERE ARE FOUR VEDAS
1) THE RIG VEDA
2) THE SAMA VEDA
3) THE YAGUR VEDA
4) THE ATHARVA VEDA

THE UPANISHADS:

THESE ARE PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE CONTAINING THE MAIN IDEAS WHICH BECAME THE BASIS LATER SYSTEM OF HINDU PHILOSOPHY.

THE EPICS:

THERE ARE TWO EPICS - RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARTA . BOTH INTRODUCE THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE TIMES . RAMAYANA WAS FIRST WRITTEN BY VALMIKI & MAHABHARATA BY VED VYAS.

THE PURANS:

THESE ARE EIGHTEEN IN NUMBERS . THEY DEAL WITH - PRIMARY CREATION , SECONDRY CREATION . GENEOLOGY OF GODS AND RISHIS , REIGN OF MANU AND HISTORY OF VARIOUS DYNASTIES.

JAINISM AND BUDDHISM-

JAINISM:

THE REAL FOUNDER OF IS PRASVANATH , THE 23RD TIRTHIANKAR OF JAIN HAGIOLOGY.
THE VARDHAMANA POPULARLY KNOWN AS MAHAVIRA AND JINA .
ESSENTIALS OF THIS RELIGION :

1. ATTAINMENT OF SALVATION BY MEANS OF RIGHT FAITH ,RIGHT KNOWLEDGE AND RIGHT ACTION.
2. GOD IS NOT CREATED BUT IS THE FULLEST MANIFESTATION OF GOOD
3. BOTH ANIMATE AND INANIMATE HAVE SOUL
4. NO, INGURY TO ANY LIVING BEING.
5. WORKSHIP OF DEIFIED SAINTS.

BUDDHISM-

THE FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM IS GAUTAMA BUDDHA ; PREACHED FIRST SERMON AT SARNATH NEAR VARANASI ; DIED AT KUSHINAGARIN NEPAL.
ESSENTIALS OF BUDDHISM:

BIRTH IS AN EVIL , RESULTING IN SORROW THE SORROW CAN BE REMOVED BY FOLLOWING  OLD PATHS ;

1. RIGHT BELIEF
2. RIGHT ACTION
3. RIGHT SPEECH
4. RIGHT MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD
5. RIGHT EXERTION
6. RIGHT REMEMBRANCE
7. RIGHT MEDITATION