"Charvaka (IAST: C\u0101rv\u0101ka), originally known as Lok\u0101yata and B\u1E5Bhaspatya, is the ancient school of Indian materialism. Charvaka holds direct perception, empiricism, and conditional inference as proper sources of knowledge, embraces philosophical skepticism and rejects Vedas, Vedic ritualism and supernaturalism.Ajita Kesakambali is credited as the forerunner of the Charvakas, while Brihaspati is usually referred to as the founder of Charvaka or Lok\u0101yata philosophy."@en .