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     Rijukratu Kurra Bewarse Username: Rijukratu Post Number: 1312 Registered: 05-2007 Posted From: 117.216.181.128 Rating: N/A |
some historians say that puranas were compiled during guptas, some others say it was earlier than that…puranas contain folkstories, mythologies etc of different gods…i have to say something here about how hinduism evolved… most of india was covered with forests and these forests were inhabited by different tribes all over the country…these tribes had their own gods, followed different folk cults…vedic civilization was in the punjab plains initially and then spread to ganga plains…even ganga plains were full of forests and tribes… vedic religion incorporated different tribal gods as avatars of the already existing vedic gods…their sacred places became sacred places in hinduism and temples were constructed there…their folkstories, mythologies were incorporated as mythologies in vedic religion and slowly became what came to be known as puranic Hinduism…this acculturation of tribals alaways existed in india since the beginning of vedic period… puranala lo unde mythological stories anni kooda already tribals lo undeve…they always existed in oral form before they were compiled into a written form during or before guptas in 2nd-3rd centuries AD… |