Open AccessDrinking habits in ancient India
Author(s) -
O Somasundaram,
Divya Raghavan,
Tejus Murthy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.174396
Subject(s) - vedas , tamil , indian subcontinent , ancient history , traditional medicine , geography , ancient egypt , history , hinduism , medicine , art , philosophy , literature , theology
Consumption of one or other form of intoxicating substances has been present throughout the history of the world. This article traces such use in the Indian subcontinent, both in North and South India. References to the use of intoxicants are to be found in the Vedas, the Great Epics, and the ancient Tamil literature.