what led to the rise of new religious and philosophical ideas in india in the sixth century BC ? according to the upanishads, how can one attain mokshaki ? what did the buddha mean by astangika marga ? what were mahavira's ideas about karma? write briefly on the four ashramas an upoer - caste man waa expected to go through .
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The shudra or the fourth Varna people were not allowed to perform the Vedic rituals and they were banned to chant the Vedic mantras. ... Therefore, the third and fourth Varna people could not understand the beliefs of Vedas. Therefore, they wanted a religion which would be accessible for all Varna people.
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The sixth century B.C. is regarded as an important epoch of world history. The time before that century is described as the pre-historic age.
From sixth century B.C., however historical evidences came to exist.
Thus that there began the historical period in sixth century B.C. This adds significance to that time.
It was in the sixth century B.C. that there lived in India the founders of two great religions of mankind. They were Mahavira Jina and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Jainism and Buddhism. Enough of literature came to be written about Jina and Buddha and about their religions. Though the Jaina and the Buddhist literature were religious in character, yet they contained much information about political and social conditions of that time. History could be written from those literary sources. It was the rise of Jainism and Buddhism which made the sixth century B.C. great and glorious.