Maharashtra’s new Class 6 textbooks bring Vedas into geography, pair Vedic cosmology with Big Bang

Maharashtra’s revised Class 6 textbooks introduce ancient Indian texts, scholars and scientific ideas across history, geography and science. The books add references to the Vedas, Bhaskaracharya II and Ayurveda, alongside modern achievements and women role models. They also remove or shorten some earlier passages on caste, priestly control and foreign invasions.

Maharashtra’s new Class 6 textbooks have introduced changes across history, geography and science, bringing ancient Indian knowledge and texts into lessons while adding examples of modern Indian achievements.

The books, prepared by the state textbook bureau Balbharati under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, place references to the Vedas, Puranas and ancient scholars alongside established scientific explanations. Some sections on caste, priestly privilege and foreign invasions have also been reduced or removed from history lessons, the Indian Express reported.

The revised geography textbook introduces Indian geography through the Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads and the Suryasiddhanta. It describes the........

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