A 10th-century, four-sided column from the Ashapuri monuments in Bhopal (MP), showcases a unique Vaishnava iconography.

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Firstly, the side of Harihara depicts lord Brahma holding a Sruva, the ladle of Yajna

The antiquity of Sruk-Sruva

Sruk and Sruva are wooden spoons used in Yajnas to offer ghee and other liquid oblations

In this post, we'll see their historical significance

1] Alongside Sruk and Sruva there are various ritual ladles and spoons employed in yajna rituals for offering liquid oblations.

You may have noticed these implements in today's traditional Agnihotras
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Ancient Brahmins followed Brahmacharya for different durations to study Vedas

An Avadana manuscript from Turkmenistan references the Brahmins who followed Brahmacharya for 48 yrs

Similarly, Buddha recalls the Brahmins who followed Brahmacharya for 48 yrs in Brahmadhammika sutta
The Paraskara Grihya Sutra provides details of this rule, where Vedic studies were undertaken for 48 years, observing brahmacharya, with 12 years dedicated to each Veda

The Yupa is a sacrificial pillar associated with the Paśuyajña (पशुयज्ञ). It was used to tie sacrificial animal and was typically leaning downward from it's upper end

A 5th century panel from Pawaya (MP) depicts King Bali performing a Paśuyajña with a Lamb tied to a Yupa The Satapatha Brahmana (3.6.2.12) specifies that Yupa pillars were made from Khadira wood (Acacia catechu).

Initially, Yupas were wooden, but over time, stone Yupas with diverse designs also came into use, as we see some stone Yupas from Kushana era

#Recreaction of my old thread

Early chalukyas were Vaishnavite #Hindus

Godachi Plates of King Kirtivarman I has brief description of their religious policies
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https://twitter.com/Param_Chaitanya/status/1700447953251615172

According to Godachi Plates Kirtivarman's father Pulakehsin I had performed different types of #Vedic Yajnas They are
अग्निष्टोम, अग्निशयन, वाजपेय, बहुसुवर्ण,पौंडरिक and अश्वमेध
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Recreation of my old thread

Nalanda included Trividya Mathas (त्रिविद्य मठ) which were centered to the study of 3 Vedas

Their seals have been found in excavations

6th century seal depicts lord Brahma holding Kalasha with a legend
भल्लातवाटकाग्रहारेस्य
श्रीमतत्रैविद्यस्य
1] Another seal from Nalanda probably depicts lord Brahma and a single line legend, reads -

[Vantagra] "vataka-grahara Trividya"

[वणताग्र] वाटकाग्रहारे त्रिविद्य"

It talks about an Agrahara which was centered to the study of 3 Vedas

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An inscription from the reign of Kushana king 'Vasishka' mentions the Brahmins of Bharadwaja Gotra who were experts of the Chhandogya section of 'Samaveda'

And they performed a Yajna of 12 Nights in the summer of the 24th year of Vasishka's reign

सत्रेण द्वादशरात्रेण
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https://twitter.com/Param_Chaitanya/status/1654068141402755073

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Buddhists of Gandhara were following the gotra (lineage) system of Hindus

An inscription from Huvishka's reign mentions two monks from Taxila who belonged to the Apamanyava gotra

उपासकानं बुद्धरक्षिताद्धर्मरक्षितानं भ्रात्रानं ओपनावसगोत्रानं तखशिलाकनं...

The Gotra system was also very prevalent among the Buddhists of Magadha
An inscription found in Sanchi mentions a Kashyapa Gotri Arhata who was the master of all Vinayas

Now we see petroglyphs and inscriptions related to Shaivism from Pak Occupied Kashmir

First of all a Petroglyph of Lord Shiva and an inscription from the 1st century BC, which praises Lord Shiva
'शेवस । ईशिदेवो वरेहमहस महेश।'
#KashyapKaKashmir
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https://twitter.com/Param_Chaitanya/status/1592902149293637632

Linga and Brahmi inscriptions from Minar-gah, Diamer Dist
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Some History Stealers are saying that Satavahanas were Buddhist not Vedic

Fact : 'Satakarni I' Alone performed 11 types of Yajnas

Ive made devanagari conversion of 6

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https://twitter.com/Param_Chaitanya/status/1569342577731858440

He donated cows on every occasion, in Rik yajna alone he donated 10000 cows

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Vedic education in ancient India was not limited to Gurukuls alone

Big institutions of Vedic education also existed at that time

In which institutions called Chaturvaidyashalas (चतुर्वैद्यशाला) were famous in South India
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Salankayana (सालंकायन) king Hastivarman of Vengi (4th Cen. CE) established many Chaturvaidyasalas at Vengipura

[Guntupalli Pillar Inscription]
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There is no contemporary evidence of Pushyamitra's exploitation of the Buddhists, it is only mentioned in the Avadana literature

If you consider Avadana to be credible, then you should know that in Divyavadana Pushyamitra is said to be a descendant of Ashoka
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https://twitter.com/TenzingLamsang/status/1529832063033278464

Divyavadana also mentions that Ashoka ki||ed 18000 Ajivakas at Pundravardhana of Bengal and thousands of Jains at Pataliputra and he announced that whoever brought the head of a Jain Nirgrantha would be rewarded with a dinara @TenzingLamsang
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