What Yajurved Knew (The Algorithm that Built India)

What happens when an entire civilization gets a software update? For thousands of years, Vedic people were semi-nomadic pastoralists, their wealth measured in cattle, their gods focused on conquest. Then came agriculture. And with it, the need for something revolutionary: a system. Rules. Calendars. Rituals. Algorithms.Welcome to the Yajurveda, the most "Indian" of all Vedas. In this episode, we explore:

Why there are TWO versions of Yajurveda (and the dramatic guru-shishya breakup behind it)
The Ashwamedha ritual: what actually happened (viewer discretion advised)
The Mahavrata: Vedic culture's "chaos night"
The birth of Indian mathematics from ritual precision
Yagyavalkya & Maitreyi's mic-drop definition of love
Archaeological evidence: PGW vs NBPW pottery cultures
Why modern India might be ignoring its own "upside down"

Research notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R...

Key references:

Shatapatha Brahmana
Taittiriya Samhita
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Jaiminiya Brahmana
"Greater Magadha" by Johannes Bronkhorst
Shulbasutras (Baudhayana, Apastamba)

Credits:

Tvashta illustration by ‪@RigVedicLorebyAchintya‬   / dotfbvhkl01  
Shiva Sankalpa Sutra by ‪@GaieaSanskrit‬    • Shiva Sankalpa Suktam | Sanskrit Vedic Man...  
Agnihotra Ritual:    • How to Perform Agnihotra (English)  
Agnaye Swaha:    • Lucas Vedana - Agnaye Swaha @fatboo_studio...  
Upanishad Ganga by ‪@ChinmayaChannel‬
PGW vs NBPW cultures by ‪@speakingarchaeologically‬
NBPW culture by ‪@JayVardhanSingh‬

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Videos in this series
   • I made a map of India during the Mahabharata!  
   • What Rigved Knew About Indra (That Modern ...  
   • What Atharva Ved Knew (Before Hinduism and...  

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