Scripture · c. 700 BCE

The Upanishads

Northern India

Age of TeachersDifferent paths
A wider world

The moment

Illustration · AI-generated: artistic, not documentary.

In dialogues set at royal courts and in teachers' households, sages and kings asked what the self is and how it relates to the ground of all being; two women, Gārgī and Maitreyī, put their questions to the sage Yājñavalkya. Karma, rebirth and liberation take shape here.

People: Yājñavalkya, Gārgī Vācaknavī, Maitreyī

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