India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s3.26

c11.s3.26

*INTELLECTUAL FERMENT*—The philosophic thought of ancient India in the period from about the eighth century B.C. was marked by a new awakening and intellectual upheaval in her history. It led to the foundation of various schools centering round different doctrines as to the ultimate cause and nature of the world and soul. The atmosphere was charged with the keenest intellectual ferment as if a new god of wisdom had become manifest.