Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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Persia. Persia, during this period, followed the Irānāryan sacrificial religion originated by Zarthusthra.
The second prinicipal world religion is Brāhmaṇism. Bhārata was the strongest Seat of Spiritualism during the
momen period of Śramanic hegemony. The BrahmāBrahmanism
ryans after victory in Dāsrājña War settled in Bhārata. They converted en masse the original inhabitants to their social order. The highest Brahmāryan tribal collective, the Brahma, first disintegrated into Brahma and Kşatra and later ino Brahma, Kșatra and Vis. The vanquished Dāsas and Daśyus were admitted to the Arya'n fold as the Fourth Class later to be downgraded as Sudras. The office of Ganapati and Brahmaṇaspati developed into the office of Prajāpati. The Bhāratīyan converts had taken their spiritual beliefs with them in their new fold. The Bhāratīyan spiritualism reacted very strongly on the Brahmā. ryans. They could not withstand its force. The Brahmāryan leaders Agni, Indra, Varuņa, Rudra and others, began to be detested for their acts of violence and moral degradations. They began to lose their importance. But they were the base of the Brahmāryan culture and civilization. They had not to be completely done away with. They were celestialised by the expert Rșis and Brāhmaṇa priests. The institutions they represented were ritualised. But the secret of this development was only known to the expert Brāhmaņas. Yajña, therefore, became their exclusive concern in this changed age and the intricacies of Yajña formulae gave them special privilege and authority. But the secret worked for a very short time.
When the Vedic Aryans made Bhārata their home, they were fully a materialistic people. They were full of joie Celestialisation be vevre. They were not interested in the and Ritualisation life after death. They had no special