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How do Charvaka and the Ajivikas actually differ, despite both being classified as nastika schools?

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1. How do Charvaka and the Ajivikas actually differ, despite both being classified as nastika schools?

They don’t differ at all; they are the same school under two names

Charvaka believed in an afterlife, while the Ajivikas denied one

Charvaka is materialist and rejects fatalism, while the Ajivikas built their philosophy around niyati, strict cosmic determinism

The Ajivikas accepted the Vedas, while Charvaka rejected them

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