Question 1

Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left ?

Accepted Answer

The Kharoshi script is an ancient script used by the ancient Gandhara culture of South Asia primarily in modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan to write the Gandhari language (a dialect of Prakrit) and the Sanskrit language.

Question 2

Which veda deals with medicine?

Accepted Answer

The Vedas are considered the earliest literary record of Indo-Aryan civilization. It is the most sacred scriptures of India. There are four Vedas in Hinduism. They are: 1. The Rig Veda, 2. Sama Veda, 3. Yajur Veda and 4. Atharva Veda. Most ailments, both physical and mental, were attributed to malevolent spirits and cures consisted of rituals, charms, mantras, medicines and surgical intervention. The hymns in the Atharva Veda, the last of the four Vedas, and largely composed after the Aryans were well settled in the sub-continent, indicate that indigenous non-Aryan healing practices had influenced the Vedic Aryan healers.

Question 3

Ayurveda Owes its Origin to

Accepted Answer

Ayurveda Owes its Origin to Atharvaveda. The early history of ayurveda asserts that around 1500 BC, ayurveda's fundamental and applied principles got organised and enunciated. In this historical construction, Ayurveda traces its origins to the Vedas, Atharvaveda in particular, and is connected to Hindu religion. Atharvaveda (one of the four most ancient books of Indian knowledge, wisdom and culture) contains 114 hymns or formulations for the treatment of diseases. Ayurveda originated in and developed from these hymns. In this sense, ayurveda is considered by some to have divine origin. Indian medicine has a long history, and is one of the oldest organised systems of medicine. Its earliest concepts are set out in the sacred writings called the Vedas, especially in the metrical passages of the Atharvaveda.

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