Vedic Age MCQ Question and Answer | History MCQ Question

'Ayurveda,' the ancient Indian system of medicine and healing, has its origins in the Atharva Veda. The Atharva Veda is one of the four Vedas in Hindu scriptures and contains hymns, prayers, and verses related to various aspects of life, including health and well-being.

Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine that focuses on promoting a balanced and harmonious life by emphasizing the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and spirit. It provides guidelines for maintaining health, preventing illnesses, and treating various ailments using natural remedies, herbs, diet, lifestyle practices, and therapies.

While the other Vedas (Rig Veda, Sama Veda, and Yajur Veda) also contain valuable knowledge related to various aspects of life, Ayurveda specifically finds its foundation in the Atharva Veda.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option D: Atharva Veda, as it is the Veda from which the principles and knowledge of Ayurveda originated.

The term Sabha denotes both the assembly (in early Rig-Vedic) and the assembly hall (Later Rig-Vedic). Women who were called Sabhavati also attended this assembly. It was basically a kin-based assembly and the practice of women attending it was stopped in later-Vedic times. The references to samiti come from the latest books of the Rig-Veda showing that it assumed importance only towards the end of the Rig-Vedic period. Samiti was a folk assembly in which people of the tribe gathered for transacting tribal business. It discussed philosophical issues and was concerned with religious ceremonies and prayers. References suggest that the Rajan was elected and re-elected by the Samiti.

Monarchy was the normal form of Government. Kingship was hereditary. But there was a sort of hierarchy in some states, several members of the royal family exercising the power in common. There were references of democratic form of government and their chiefs were elected by the assembled people.

The terms varna (theoretical classification based on occupation). The classical authors scarcely speak of anything other than the varnas. 'Varna' defines the hereditary roots of a newborn, it indicates the colour, type, order or class of people.

The Brahmanas are chiefly religious documents, including ritualistic precepts and sacrificial duties.

Vārāhamihira (c. early 6th-century), also called Vārāha or Mihira, was a Hindu polymath who lived in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh, India). He was born in the Avanti region, roughly corresponding to modern-day Malwa, to Adityadasa, who was himself an astronomer.

The compiler of the Yoga sūtras, a text on Yoga theory and practice, and a notable scholar of Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. There is a fourth Hindu scholar also named Patanjali, who likely lived in 8th-century CE and wrote a commentary on Charaka Samhita and this text is called Carakavarttika.

God is not merely the transcendent numinous other, but is also the universal spirit, which is the basis of human personality and its ever renewing vitalizing power.

Yajurveda is a compound Sanskrit word, composed of yajus and veda. Michael Witzel interprets Yajurveda to mean a "knowledge text of prose mantras" used in Vedic rituals. Ralph Griffith interprets the name to mean "knowledge of sacrifice or sacrificial texts and formulas".

Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and one of the largest religious monuments in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres). Its gallery bear a series of large-scale scenes mainly depicting episodes from the Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.