On July 2, 2022, the India-based YouTubechannel «Cārvāka Lokāyata» had a 1.5 hours conversation with the global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud on the more than 2700-year-old Indian tradition of atheism and skepticism, known as Lokayata or Carvaka. The session covered the period from the Harappa culture (ca. 2600-1800 BCE) via the Rigveda, the Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabaratha, the grammar scholar Panini, the scientist Aryabhata (ca. 500), the philosopher Jayarasai (ca. […]
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Main photo: A «Carvaka Ashram», founded by Boddu Ramakrishna in 1973, is dedicated to the atheist tradition of India. In Nidamarru, close to Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh (south-eastern India), busts are set up, outside the ashram, to commemorate rational thinkers like the 19th c. Dalit couple Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule; in addition to the 15-16th c. Telugu poet Vemana. Photo: TheNewsMinute. India has the world’s oldest recorded continuous atheist and […]