In the civilization of the Seven Rivers — the Sapta Sindhu — all of life was organized around sacrifice. And among all the sacrifices, the Agnistoma is the one I place at the centre: the great “praise of Agni,” celebrated in spring, which condenses into five days what this civilization had most essential to transmit.… Continue reading The Agnistoma: Fire Sacrifice of the Vedic Spring
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KALIBANGAN AND ITS FIRE ALTARS: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE VEDIC SACRIFICE
B. B. Lal discovered at Kalibangan structures interpreted as Vedic fire altars. But Vedic sacrifice took place outdoors — an analysis of the archaeological debate.