Which of the following did not recognise the Vedas?
ABuddhists
BJains
CMaterialists
DAll of the above ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) All of the above
Explanation
Buddhists, Jains and Materialists all rejected the authority of the Vedas, which makes every one of the listed groups applicable.
Buddhists denied Vedic ritual authority and are classed among the nastika or heterodox schools.
Jains likewise did not accept the Vedas as revealed scripture.
The Materialists or Charvakas rejected the Vedas, ritual and even the notion of an afterlife.
Schools that accept Vedic authority are called astika, and those that reject it nastika.
Charvaka philosophy is also known as Lokayata.
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