Vedic Religion and Culture: An Exposition of Distinct Facets

Vedic writings, despite two centuries of critical studies in India and the western world, have unveiled myriad questions that have either baffled scholars or have led to serious controversies like– who wrote the Rgvedic hymns? Which deities in the Rgveda, constitute the group called Adityas? Who of the two major Vedic Gods, Indra or Varuna, has greater antiquity? Is Ayodhya the birthplace of Lord Rama? and so on. A distinguished Indologist, Prof. P.L. Bhargava Marshals, for the first time, indisputable evidences to resolve some of these questions. Combining in him the erudition of a Sanskritist and a Historian, the author mentions God’s omnipresence in Aryan religious thought, the enigmatic "Hymn of Visvedevas" in the Rgveda; besides several other issues of religious, cultural, historical and literary importance. Invaluable to the scholars and specialists of Vedic lore.