Indian Lokāyata (Cārvāka) Materialist School (c. 6th century BCE–2nd century CE)

1. Early śramaṇa debates include materialist themes

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: rama a, North India

   • Britannica
   • Ajita

2. Ajita Keśakambalin presented as early materialist teacher

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Ajita Ke, Buddhist sources

   • Britannica
   • Ajita
   • DN2

3. Arthaśāstra lists Lokāyata within “Ānvīkṣikī” studies

   Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Artha stra, Kau ilya

   • WisdomLib
   • Manusmriti

4. Lokāyata appears as named study in Buddhist Sanskrit literature

   Jan 1, 200Labels: Buddhist Sanskrit, Divy vad

   • Charvaka
   • Divyavadana

5. Primary Cārvāka texts were lost; doctrine survives mainly via critics

   Jan 1, 400Labels: C rv, secondary sources

   • Britannica

6. Materialist epistemology emphasized perception as the key pramāṇa

   Jan 1, 600Labels: C rv, pratyak a

   • Britannica
   • Charvaka

7. Śāntarakṣita’s Tattvasaṅgraha includes a Lokāyata refutation chapter

   Jan 1, 750Labels: ntarak ita, Tattvasa graha

   • WisdomLib
   • Charvaka

8. Haribhadra’s doxography lists Lokāyata as denying key doctrines

   Jan 1, 750Labels: Haribhadra, Jain doxography

   • Charvaka
   • Britannica

9. Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa advanced radical skepticism linked to Lokāyata

   Jan 1, 820Labels: Jayar i, Tattv paplava-si

   • SEP
   • Springer

10. Nyāya philosophers developed mature rebuttals against no-self views

    Jan 1, 1050Labels: Ny ya, Udayana

    • Routledge
    • Britannica

11. Later medieval summaries suggest Lokāyata influence waned

    Jan 1, 1200Labels: medieval summaries, later critiques

    • Britannica

12. Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha preserved a canonical later portrait of Cārvāka

    Jan 1, 1350Labels: Sarvadar anasa, M dhava

    • Sarvadarsana
    • Britannica