Ancient Indian History

 
 ‘Vedas’ are four in number :-

(i).  ‘Rig Veda’ 

(ii).  ‘Sama Veda’ 

(iii).  ‘Yajur Veda’ 

(iv).  ‘Atharva Veda’

‘Varnas’ are four in Number :-

(i).  ‘Brahmins’

(ii).  ‘Kshatriyas’

(iii).  ‘Vaishyas’

(iv).  ‘Shudras’

‘Samamskaras’ are sixteen in number

(i). ‘Garbhadan’

(ii). ‘Pumsvan’

(iii). ‘Seemantonayan’

(iv). ‘Jatakarman’

(v). ‘Nama-Karana’

(vi). ‘Nishkramana’

(vii). ‘Annaprashana’

(viii). ‘Chudakarana’

(ix). ‘Karna - vedha’

(x). ‘Upanayan’

(xi). ‘Keshanta’

(xii). ‘Samavartan’

(xiii). ‘Vivaha’

(xiv). ‘Vanprastha’

(xv). ‘Sanyas’

(xvi). ‘Antyeshthi’

‘Ashrams’ are four in Number

(i). ‘Brahmcharya Ashram’

(ii). ‘Grihastha Ashram’

(iii). ‘Vanaprastha Ashram’

(iv). ‘Sanyas Ashram’