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Source methodology

Our Sources

Every SSEB curriculum unit is developed through the same chain — and every claim on every page can be traced to its class. Where SSEB itself designed something, it is labelled SSEB, never dressed up as an ancient quotation.

PS · Primary Sources The classical texts themselves — the shelves below
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AS · Academic Scholarship Historical and scholarly research on the texts, their dating and interpretation
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GO · Official Frameworks NCF 2023, NCERT, CBSE (incl. the KTPI elective), Ministry of Education and the IKS Division
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SSEB · Curriculum Interpretation Our modern, age-graded educational design — always labelled as ours

Where evidence is uncertain, the curriculum says "evidence varies by period, region and educational tradition" — and no quotation, verse, date or practice is ever invented to fill a gap.

The primary-source shelves

10 divisions · 32 branches of the canon

The canonical library the Sanatan Dham platform curates — each branch with its scope and where it is traditionally taught. These are the PS entries the grade pages cite.

Shruti — what was heard

Revealed, unauthored, preserved by recitation

The four Vedas Each Veda carries four layers: Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka, Upanishad Traditionally taught: Veda pathshalas, teaching shakha by shakha
Upanishads The end of the Veda — its philosophy rather than its ritual Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities, Vedanta mathas

Vedangas — the six limbs

What you must know to use the Veda correctly

Shiksha Phonetics and correct pronunciation — svara and sandhi Traditionally taught: Veda pathshalas, alongside recitation
Kalpa Ritual procedure: Shrauta, Grihya, Dharma and Shulba sutras Traditionally taught: Karmakanda schools and purohit training
Vyakarana Grammar — Panini's Ashtadhyayi and its commentaries Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities and traditional tols
Nirukta Etymology — Yaska, for the meaning of Vedic words Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities
Chandas Metre — the shape a verse must take Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities
Jyotisha Reckoning of time; the calendar and the sky Traditionally taught: Jyotish parishads and traditional lineages

Upavedas — the applied knowledge

Attached to the Vedas, turned outward

Ayurveda Medicine, attached to the Atharvaveda Traditionally taught: Ayurvedic colleges under statutory councils
Dhanurveda Arms and warfare Traditionally taught: Largely a living tradition rather than a taught one
Gandharvaveda Music and performance Traditionally taught: Music gharanas and universities
Sthapatyaveda Architecture and sculpture — shilpa shastra Traditionally taught: Sthapati lineages and a few institutes

Darshanas — the six systems

Six ways of arguing the same question

Nyaya Logic and the means of valid knowledge Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities and mathas
Vaisheshika Categories, atomism, the constituents of things Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities
Samkhya Purusha and prakriti; enumeration of principles Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities
Yoga Patanjali's sutras and the practice they describe Traditionally taught: Yoga institutes and Sanskrit universities
Purva Mimamsa The interpretation of ritual injunction Traditionally taught: Mimamsa schools, now few
Vedanta Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita and the rest Traditionally taught: Mathas of each sampradaya

Itihasa — what happened

History told so that it teaches

Ramayana Valmiki; and Ramcharitmanas, Kamba Ramayanam and others Traditionally taught: Kathavachak tradition, temples, schools
Mahabharata Including the Bhagavad Gita and Shanti Parva Traditionally taught: Kathavachak tradition, mathas, universities

Puranas

Cosmology, lineage and devotion, told for everyone

The eighteen Mahapuranas Bhagavata, Vishnu, Shiva, Markandeya, Garuda and the rest Traditionally taught: Katha tradition and temple discourse
The Upapuranas A wider body, regionally important Traditionally taught: Regional traditions

Agama and Tantra

How a temple is built, consecrated and worshipped

Shaiva agamas 28 agamas; the basis of most South Indian Shiva temples Traditionally taught: Agama pathshalas, Shaiva mathas
Pancharatra and Vaikhanasa The two Vaishnava temple traditions Traditionally taught: Vaishnava sampradaya schools
Shakta tantra Devi worship and its texts Traditionally taught: Shakta lineages

Dharma and conduct

What a person owes, and to whom

Dharmashastra Manu, Yajnavalkya, Narada and their commentaries Traditionally taught: Sanskrit universities; read historically
Niti literature Vidura Niti, Chanakya Niti, Subhashita Traditionally taught: Schools and general reading

Bhakti and sant literature

The tradition in the languages people speak

North and west Tulsidas, Surdas, Kabir, Mirabai, Tukaram, Namdev Traditionally taught: Regional traditions and temples
South Alvars' Divya Prabandham, Nayanars' Tevaram and Tiruvasagam Traditionally taught: Temple traditions, Tamil scholarship
East and north-east Chaitanya tradition, Sankardeva's works Traditionally taught: Mathas and satras

Stotra and prayoga

What is actually recited, daily

Stotra literature Chalisa, sahasranama, ashtakam, suktam Traditionally taught: Every temple and household
Paddhati and prayoga The working manuals a purohit uses Traditionally taught: Purohit training, guru to student

See the method applied

Grade 7 is the worked example — open any of its eight domains and the PS / AS / GO / SSEB chips sit under the unit, exactly as this page promises.

Open Grade 7 The library on Gyan