Kuru-Pañcāla region
The Kuru–Pañcāla region was a heartland of late-Vedic culture in the western Gangetic plain (parts of present-day Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh), the milieu of much of the Brāhmaṇa and early Upaniṣadic literature.
12 most-discussed ideas
Works composed here
- -700
Aitareya Upaniṣad
- -700
Chāndogya Upaniṣad
- -600
Īśā Upaniṣad
- -500
Kaṭha Upaniṣad
- -450
Praśna Upaniṣad
- -400
Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad
- -300
Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad
- -150
Bhagavad-gītā
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Kuru-Pañcāla region. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- The Self (Ātman)13 passages
- Brahman (the Absolute)13 passages
- Ignorance (Avidyā)8 passages
- OM / The Praṇava (Auṃ)8 passages
- The Path of Knowledge (Jñāna)8 passages
- God / The Lord (Īśvara)8 passages
- Liberation (Mokṣa)7 passages
- Vital Breath and the Five Winds (Prāṇa & the Vāyus)7 passages
- The Round of Rebirth (Saṃsāra)5 passages
- Sacrifice / Offering (Yajña)5 passages
- Tattva 12 — The Bound Self (Puruṣa)5 passages
- Meditation (Dhyāna)5 passages