Ashvamedha
horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion
The Ashvamedha was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion.
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edit- The sacrifice of horses, in fact, is in no way specific to Vedic India: only the ritual of this sacrifice is, very different from that of the funerary ritual of Sintashta. The Indian aśvamedha is in no way a funeral ritual.
- Fussman G. Entre fantasmes, science et politique. L’entrée des Āryas en Inde. Annales Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 2003;58(4):779-813. p. 802
