The cultural heritage of India is one of the oldest amongst cultures of the world. One thing that people may not be knowing about the cultural heritage of India is the oral tradition of studies. Cultural heritage of India had many rules and regulations that were defined in the Vedas, which were collection of various shlokas (poetic stanzas written in Sanskrit). These shlokas were devoted to some God of the RigVedic era. It is said that the vedas were recited by Rishis (Indian saints who experimented everything practically before reciting a shlok). These collection of shloks were recited by group of Rishis and were collectively called as Rig Ved(The oldest of the four Vedas). Rig Ved was recited by the Rishis daily and were taught to the pupils. The Rig Ved contained teachings of Economy, Astrology, Philosophy, Soft skills, Skills to read persons mind, Warrior skills, Mathematical skills, and many other things. One thing that was common in all the shloks was that they all were recited for some God. It means that all the actions that were taught to the students were devoted to some God. The concept of 'I' or selfish action did not exist in that era. People were taught to act because they had to act, there was no concept of acting for desires. The people who acted for themselves or for their desires were not considered refined or 'Arya'. The unrefined people were called as 'Anarya'. Eating of meat and consumption of liquor were considered into the category of Tamsik(negative) Bhojan (food). For a Brahman (All people who deal with spread of knowledge but not for their selfish motive), tamsik bhojan was considered as a sin. The reason behind this was that if a person will consume tamsik bhojan just in order to fulfil his desires of taste, he will gain negativity and will not be able to convey the knowledge in a positive manner. Tamsik bhojan was nowhere considered wrong for a Kshatriya (a warrior by deed) who is preparing for a war if he consumes it in order to build a heavy body to beat the other party.
The oral tradition of India prevailed for many years may be scores of thousands of years. In this tradition the spread of knowledge was oral and practical. Nothing was written. The secrets and knowledge was passed down the generations similarly the Vedas. Later Rig Ved was reformed from time to time, because change is necessary with time. We cant apply each theory an custom of the past in the present scenario. The reformations in the Rig Ved led to Yajur Ved, Sam Ved and Athar Ved. But after a lot of time written languages came into origin.
This is around 5000 years back when the vedas were recorded on the TamPatra leaves. They were written by various rishis and were stored in the ancient universities of the World. Some of these Universities were The Nalanda University (Bihar, India) and the TakhShilla University (Texilla, Punjab Province, Pakistan-previously in India). Due to the invasions and fights amongst the different sects of people in India these parts of these Vedas were burnt and destroyed in different times. Since the cultural heritage of India was strong at that time so it was difficult to conquer India. Now India is a democratic and secular country. Today it is difficult to prevail the strict Hindu religion in India and it would even be impractical but yes following the attitude that our Rishis had towards each action would take us nearer to perfection.
The oral tradition of India prevailed for many years may be scores of thousands of years. In this tradition the spread of knowledge was oral and practical. Nothing was written. The secrets and knowledge was passed down the generations similarly the Vedas. Later Rig Ved was reformed from time to time, because change is necessary with time. We cant apply each theory an custom of the past in the present scenario. The reformations in the Rig Ved led to Yajur Ved, Sam Ved and Athar Ved. But after a lot of time written languages came into origin.
This is around 5000 years back when the vedas were recorded on the TamPatra leaves. They were written by various rishis and were stored in the ancient universities of the World. Some of these Universities were The Nalanda University (Bihar, India) and the TakhShilla University (Texilla, Punjab Province, Pakistan-previously in India). Due to the invasions and fights amongst the different sects of people in India these parts of these Vedas were burnt and destroyed in different times. Since the cultural heritage of India was strong at that time so it was difficult to conquer India. Now India is a democratic and secular country. Today it is difficult to prevail the strict Hindu religion in India and it would even be impractical but yes following the attitude that our Rishis had towards each action would take us nearer to perfection.