Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s3.t4.4

v2.c12.s3.t4.4

Such ancient Indian classics as the *Upanishads*, *Arthashastra* and the Sanskrit epic *Mahabharata* all contained references or information about Yoga. Its ways of practice have long been adopted by many other Indian schools of philosophy. However, religious practices of Yoga were concluded and summarised, then it became an independent religious and philosophical school with systematic theories of its own at a much later date.