Özet:

The best way to understand the virtue, utility and pleasure of a civilization is to learn the sacred texts that come out of that civilization and the founding texts of practical life. These texts, which are in the essence of ancient civilizations and contain religious beliefs that unite human communities, and the philosophical texts that make it possible for the continuation of subsequent urbanized civilizations, are reliable main sources of the essence of the civilization which is studied because they are the founding texts. The founding texts of the Indian civilization also provide clues about the essence of this civilization.  This study aims to introduce the founding texts of the Indian civilization that appear in the valley of Indus and Ganj with the founding characteristics of the civilization. For this purpose, the religious and philosophical founding texts of the Indian civilization, from the Vedals first written in the study, to the empire period, are chronologically addressed. Thus, the civilization-creating characteristics of the Indian religious and philosophical system are attempted to be demonstrated by movement from the founding texts. The Indian civilization appears to us as a manifestation of the founding texts and the life philosophy they predict.