Facts of Human Civilizations.

Vedas are the most ancient, revered, and sacred of the world's scriptures. The Vedas reveal the root of all the knowledge and also called as “Pramana Shastra” (The proof or the base of all the knowledge and by itself does not need a proof). The Vedas were not written by any human, but was revealed to the human through the ancient Rishis (The seers) during their superconscious state or Tapas. Hence the ancient Rishis were not the authors of Vedas, but only the instrument through which the Vedas were made available to human. It is wrong to say that Vedas are the ancient knowledge of Hindus, as the phrase “Hindus” were given to Indians by British. There was only once universal Vedic society in the beginning and there was no concept of race or religion. Hence the Vedic knowledge was revealed and available to the entire humanity. It is also to be noted that Vedas did not have any script, as the knowledge was propagated only through teaching and listening. This method is also r

by Swami Ranganathananda ,The Ramakrishna Math (Belur Math)  The lamp that was lit in India in the sixth century BC lit the hearts of millions and millions of people in Ceylon (Sri-Lanka), Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, and Indonesia in the succeeding centuries. Through Buddha, India established silken bonds of fellowship and love with the people of Asia. The process forms one of the arresting episodes of human history. The Indian Tradition Before Buddha When Buddha appeared on the Indian scene, India had already lived a life of over two thousand years comprising the Mohenjodaro or pre Vedic, the early Vedic, the later Vedic and the Upanisadic periods of her history. The first two of these periods were characterised by remarkable civic and social developments and religious and philosophical questionings. A high level of material and civic culture is evident in the Mohenjodaro period. A spirit of dynamic faith and enthusiasm is ev