[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c6.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.4) \* The Age of Revelation (around 3000 BCE to 500 BCE): was the period when \*mantras\* were revealed to the seers through their vision. \* The Age of Argument (around 500 BCE to CE 1000): was the most fertile period for the development of concepts related to \*vāda\* and it was also marked with most serious debates. \* The Age of Diversification (around CE 1000 to CE 1800): sectarian debates and debates between diverse philosophical schools were intensely carried on in this age. \* The Modern Age (around CE 1800 onwards). - [Previous: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.3) - [Next: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.5) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.4) · Pramāṇa